{"id":4297,"date":"2026-10-01T10:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=4297"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:56:50","slug":"margaret-matilda-kerr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/hamilton\/edith-hamilton\/margaret-matilda-kerr\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Matilda Kerr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Birth: 07 Sep 1877 \u2022 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret was the first born to Edith and John and there is no record of her schooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1895, Margaret married William Edward Tipler in Christchurch and from that union the following children were born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Child<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Married<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Children<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Died<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Comments<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Edith Irene<\/td><td>8 Oct 1896<\/td><td>1916<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>16 Feb 1977<\/td><td>Shepherd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clarence George Cyril<\/td><td>23 Aug 1903<\/td><td>1968<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><td>23 May 1983<\/td><td>Elliot<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Leslie William<\/td><td>31 Aug 1905<\/td><td>1927\/<br>1936<\/td><td>4\/<br>0<\/td><td>1 Apr 1986<\/td><td>Tarling\/<br>Shand<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward passed away on the 8 February 1937 at Hamilton and is buried in Hamilton East Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret lived her entire life in Christchurch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret passed away on the  31 July 1961 at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. She was cremated at Harewood Crematorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no grave or remembrance plaque.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3.png 383w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3-143x300.png 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Press, Volume C, Issue 29581, 2 August 1961, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birth: 07 Sep 1877 \u2022 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Margaret was the first born to Edith and John and there is no record of her schooling. In 1895, Margaret married William Edward Tipler in Christchurch and from that union the following children were born. Child Born Married Children Died Comments Edith Irene 8 Oct 1896 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/hamilton\/edith-hamilton\/margaret-matilda-kerr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Margaret Matilda Kerr&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1375,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4297"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4358,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4297\/revisions\/4358"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}