Birth

12 Aug 1845
Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Christening

28 Aug 1845
Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Death

5 Mar 1937
Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Biography

Martha Ann Purdon was born on 12 Aug 1845 at Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa.

She was the daughter of William Henry Purdon and Eliza Tarr.

She was christened on 28 Aug 1845 at Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

She married James Henry Tarr on 24 Dec 1862 at Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. James Henry was the son of James Tarr and Hannah Brent. He was born on 14 Jan 1840 at Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. He died on 18 Apr 1910 at Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 70.

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.

She died on 5 Mar 1937 at Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 91.