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Esther Gurr

Signed family name
Gurr
Signed given name
Esther
Given address
Wanganui
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Whanganui
City/Region
Whanganui
Notes

Biographical information provided by Peter Gerrie for the He Tohu exhibition:

Esther Gurr (nee Tomkins) was born in 1842. She married Edward Gurr in Ticehurst, Kent (England) in December 1868, and emigrated to New Zealand sometime after. They had eight children, all of whom were born in Hokitika and Wellington before the couple moved to Whanganui. It was here that Edward died in 1890, and where Esther signed the Petition.

Esther continued living in Whanganui until her death on 15 September 1928, aged 72.

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.