Catherine (Ford) Farr (abt. 1857 - 1885)

Born about 1857 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Everard Cecil Farr — married 23 May 1881 (to 1885) in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1885 at about age 28 in Saint Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Catherine Ford was born in 1857 at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. She was the daughter of John Ford and Lydia Botham. Her birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1857 at Belper, Derbyshire.

In the 1861 England and Wales census, she was in a household at St Jose Street, Wirksworth, aged 3, with her parents, 3 siblings, and 2 coopers employed by her father.

In 1862, aged 4, she migrated to New Zealand by the ship Echunga, travelling with her parents and 3 siblings.

On 23 May 1881 at St John's Church, Christchurch, she married Everard Cecil Farr.

She passed away on 6 June 1885 at Mayfield (Mayfield Avenue?), St Albans, Christchurch, aged 27. She was buried at Addington Cemetery, and her sister Hannah was buried in the same plot in 1926.

Sources

• General Register Office, UK search, Volume 07B, Page 446, 1857 D Quarter in Belper, Catherine Ford, mother's maiden surname Botham.
• England and Wales Census, 1861 via FamilySearch, household at St Jose Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire; John Ford, head, age 38, born at Wirksworth, cooper employing 1 man 1 boy; Lydia Ford, wife, 43, Wirksworth; Hannah Ford, daughter, 8, Wirksworth, scholar; George Ford, son, 7, Wirksworth, scholar; James Ford, son, 4, Wirksworth, scholar; Catherine Ford, daughter, 3, Wirksworth, scholar; George Malin, journeyman, 20, Ashleyhay, Derbyshire, single, cooper; William Woolston, apprentice, 15, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire, single, cooper.
• Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists via FamilySearch, passengers by the ship Echunga, September 1862; Families and Children; Ford family: John Ford, 39, Derbyshire, cooper; Lydia Ford, 44; George Ford, 9; James Ford, 6; Hannah Ford, 10; Catherine Ford, 4.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for marriage reg. 1881/1535, marriage of Catherine Ford and Everard Cecil Farr.
• Lyttelton Timers, 26 May 1881, Page 4, Marriages via Papers Past, marriage on 23 May 1881 at St John's Church, by the Rev E. A. Lingard, Everard Cecil Farr to Catherine Ford.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for death reg. 1885/218, Catherine Farr, age 27Y.
• Press, 17 June 1885, Page 7, Deaths via Papers Past, death on 6 June [1885] at Mayfield, St Albans, Kate Farr, wife of Everard C. Farr, aged 27.
• Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database 83325, Catherine Farr, died 8 June 1885, age 27, burial at Addington Cemetery on 8 June 1885, Block 0, Plot 1342C.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #141116348, photo of grave at Addington Cemetery; Kate Farr, 1858 - 1885; also her sister, Hannah Ford, 1851 - 1926.
• Farr Family Tree