Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Barbara Ann McKenzie was born on 3 December 1859 in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland – the daughter of John McKenzie and Elizabeth Tolmie.
She emigrated to New Zealand and, on 25 April 1883, she married Alfred Bradfield, a farmer.
They had 10 children and lived at Tahatika in the Owaka Valley in the Catlins, South Otago.
Alfred died at his home in 1917 and Barbara died on 13 March 1924, they are buried together in the Owaka Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Clutha District Council https://www.cluthadc.govt.nz
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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