Birth

14 Jan 1840
Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Death

18 Apr 1910
Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Biography

James Henry Tarr was born on 14 Jan 1840 at Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa.

He was the son of James Tarr and Hannah Brent.

He married Martha Ann Purdon on 24 Dec 1862 at Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Martha Ann was the daughter of William Henry Purdon and Eliza Tarr. She was born on 12 Aug 1845 at Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. She died on 5 Mar 1937 at Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 91.

They had 16 children: Harold Eustace Tarr, Asenath Amy Tarr, Henry Clifton Tarr, Alice Hannah Tarr, David Walter Tarr, Arthur Purdon Tarr, Jessie May Tarr, Charles Edwin Tarr, Grace Isobel Tarr, Julia Blanche Tarr, Martha Ruby Tarr, Minnie Myrtle Tarr, Mary Alice Tarr, Lawrence Tarr, Robert Tarr and Ralph Horatio Tarr.

He died on 18 Apr 1910 at Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 70.