Born about in Wellington, New Zealand
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Stephen Harris
— married
22 Apr 1901 (to 6 Feb 1918) in Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand
Mother of
John Rutland Harris and Margaret Gwynne (Harris) McCormick
Died
at about age 76
in Te Awamutu, Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Apr 2016
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Biography
Bertha, daughter of Henry and Ann Elizabeth Lawson.
She became a Teacher in Wellington in the late 1890's.
In 1901 she married to Farmer, Steve Harris at Picton and they settled at Endeavour Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound.
Bertha had 3 children during her marriage, 2 daughters and a son.
In 1918, Bertha was widowed when Steve died at No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, England.
She returned to Wellington the next year and moved back to Marlborough for a time during the 1920's. Bertha never remarried after Steve's death.
Bertha went back to Wellington and then to the Waikato and lastly Te Awamutu, Cambridge where she died in 1948 aged 75.
Bertha Harris is buried at Te Awamutu Cemetery, Waipa.
Sources
- "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-S68C : 27 November 2017), Emily Bertha Lawson, 1872; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1872/21603, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-F2KP : 4 January 2018), Bertha Emily Harris, 1948; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1948/30654, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- NZ Civil Service & Teacher Examinations - 1899, Feb 28
- NZBDM Death folio no 3073
- https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz : NZBDM Birth Index 1872/21603
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