Born [location unknown]
Daughter of Robert Brown
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Frater
— married
1879 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
John William Frater, Marian Aitken Frater, James Henderson Frater, Minnie Robina Frater, Jessie (Frater) Mahon and Robert Andrew Frater
Died
at about age 75
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2016
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Biography
Martha Brown was the second daughter of Robert Brown. She came to New Zealand as a child on the sailing ship "Devonshire". [1]
Robert and Martha married in 1879 and had six children, three boys and three girls.
Their youngest son Robert Andrew and his older brothers John and James attended Auckland Grammar School as did his sister, Marion. [2] Lieutenant Robert Andrew Frater was later to die at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli April 1915.
She died 2 Jan 1931, Auckland New Zealand. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Rootsweb, Devonshire, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/genealogy/PassLists/devonshire1863.html
- ↑ Auckland Grammar School Archive website, Lieutenant Robert Andrew Frater, 1904, (year of entry to AGS), https://ags.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/8661
- ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGPN-J2SV : Sat Mar 09 07:14:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Martha Frater and Robert Frater, 2 January 1931.
- N.Z. MARRIAGES - 1879/1753 - Martha Brown & Robert Frater
- N.Z. DEATHS - 1931/427 - Frater Martha aged 75 years
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Categories: Devonshire, sailed 26 October 1862