Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Anne Robertson was born on 18 March 1847 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland – daughter of Robert Robertson & Margaret Hendry.
Anne arrived in Otago with her parents about 1862. Anne’s father died the year after their arrival.
Anne married Thomas Gibson McMorran in 1869, they had eight children.
Thomas worked as a miner in Central Otago until the mid 1880’s when the family shifted to Dunedin.
Thomas died in 1903 and Anne died on 7 November 1929. They are buried together in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nzFamily Search https://www.familysearch.org
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
See also Caversham research databases
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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