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Alfred Burrows (b: 17 Mar 1848
in Clapham, Surrey, England to father George Samuel Burrows
(1814-1978) and mother Charlotte Little (1819-1895) Bapt: 1848 Clapham
Holy Trinity, England. Siblings were: Charlotte Burrows b:1844; George
William Burrows b:1846; Emily Burrows b:1851;
Walter Moreton Burrows b:1853; Frederick Burrows b:1855; Maria Jane Burrows b:1857; Edwin Burrows b:1860; Henry Ernest Burrows b:1862; Eleanor Burrows b:1866 Alfred d: 11 Jul 1935 in Oxford, Canterbury NZ) Alfred mar: 22 Feb 1873 in Buxted,
Sussex, England to Ruth Marchant
(b: 23 Aug 1851 in Buxted, Sussex, England to parents William
Marchant (1804 - 1885) and Elizabeth Booker Smith (1808 - 1878)
Ruth's siblings were: Sarah Jane (1824 -
1901); Charles (1828 - 1886); Hope Elizabeth (1830 -
1881); Charlotte (1832 - 1881); Elizabeth Booker (1834 -
1909); William (1835 - ); Mary (1836 - 1891)
Phoebe (1839 - 1885); Esther (1840 - 1843); Ann (1842
- 1913) Eliza (1844 -); Philadelphia Mercy (1849 - 1861);
Charlotte (1849 - 1851) Ruth d: 12 Jul 1937 in
Oxford,Canterbury NZ )
Alfred Burrows arr in 1874 and
settled at Oxford, Canterbury. Mudfish were first identified as a unique species by
farmer, Mr Alfred Burrows. In 1924, with his son, Alfred was digging a
well on his farm and he noticed that on his paddock around the well were
small fish. Fortunately he realised that fish did not usually live in
paddocks and sent a specimen to the Dominion Museum, and sure enough,
museum staff said here�s something new and the �burrowsius� part of the
mudfish name (Neochanna burrowsius) Ruth and Alfred's family: 1 Lillah Ruth Burrows (b: 22 Feb 1874 in Balham, Surrey, England d: 1954 in East Oxford) Mar: 1896 to John William Ward (b: 1874 Died: 1949) Their son
2 [Godfrey Daniel Burrows (b: 01 Jan 1876 in Oxford d: 1955 in Geraldine) Mar: 1899 to Haney Gall (b: 1876 d: 1910) Their famil:
*2nd Wife of Godfrey Daniel Burrows: Mar: 14 Apr 1914 in Temuka to Ada Annals (b: 1881 d: 1944 in Geraldine) 3 Alfred John Burrows (b: 19 Oct 1877 in Oxford d: 15 May 1957 in Geraldine) Mar: 01 Feb 1897 in Ashwick Flat, Fairlie to Eliza Ann Harvey (b: 1878 d: 1955) Children are:
4 Emily Elizabeth Burrows (b: 04 Jul 1879 in Oxford d: 27 Mar 1964 in Christchurch) Mar: 1903 to George Savage b: 1872 in Heathcote, NZ d: 01 Dec 1919 in Christchurch Their son
5 Rebekah Charlotte Burrows (b: 22 Nov 1880 in Oxford d: 1964 in Karamea) Mar: 1911 to George Kemp Ivory (b: 13 Feb 1885 d: 19 Nov 1962 in Oxford) Their son:
*2nd Husband of Rebekah Charlotte Burrows: Mar: 1934 Aaron Harry (b: 1888 d: 1945 in Karamea Bur: Karamea Cemetery) 6 Annie Emma Burrows (b: 28 Jul 1882 in Oxford d: 1969 in Oxford) 7 Joseph Frank Burrows (b: 24 Sep 1883 in Oxford d: 10 Oct 1918 in France WW1) 8 Edward Benjamin Burrows (b: 29 Jan 1885 in Oxford d: 1947 in Kaikoura) Mar: 23 Aug 1911 to Margaret Florence Robb (b: 1885 d: 1969 in Kaikoura Bur: Kaikoura Public Cemetery) 9 Eleanor May Burrows (b: 16 May 1886 in Oxford d: 1983 in Christchurch) Mar: 1919 to Hugh George McTavish Mackintosh (b: 1879 d: 1969 in Christchurch) 10 Charles Henry Burrows (b: 21 Feb 1888 in Oxford d: 1970 in Christchurch) Mar: 1939 to Annie Marie Moses 11 Mary Alice Burrows (b: 22 Jan 1890 in Oxford d: 1977) Mar: 1920 to Richard Thomas Pratt (b: 1889 in Oxford d: 27 Mar 1922 in Springfield Canterbury) 12 William Marchant Burrows (b: 10 Oct 1892 in Oxford d: 1980 in Christchurch Bur: Memorial Park Cem Christchurch) Mar: 1916 to Clarice Hitchings b: 1893 d: 1979 Burial: Memorial Park cemetery Christchurch
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