November 7, 1881 - Mary Cooper (nee Kennnedy) dies

Mary Cooper (nee Kennedy) dies in Arrowtown at the age of 49 after a “long and painful illness” and was buried in Arrowtown cemetery. The location of her gravesite is unknown but Samuel is recorded in the newspaper for requesting a fence to be erected around her grave.

Sources:

• Death record from New Zealand Birth, Deaths and Marriages
• LAKE COUNTY PRESS, VOLUME X, ISSUE 508, 10 FEBRUARY 1881, PAGE 2 (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LCP18810210.2.4)
• LAKE COUNTY PRESS, VOLUME X, ISSUE 513, 17 MARCH 1881, PAGE 2 (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LCP18810317.2.6)
• Arrowtown Cemetery Records (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60547/images/43391_344175-01346)