Fergus(s)on DNA Project

Ancestors of Bruce McKerras

My great grandfather John McKerras and his wife Benjamina, left Tain Ross shire, Scotland on the ship Belinda. Firstly they went to Tasmania and then settled in New Zealand. He was a bootmaker in Auckland. My grandfather, William John McKerras, was a farmer in south Auckland.

Pedigree

John B McKerras b.~1789 d. 21 Oct 1863
Benjamin McKerras b.~1831; d. 11 Aug 1896
William John McKerras b. 1874 d. 1935

Vital Records

1818: Marriage
- John McKerras m. Benjamina McKenzie 26 Sept 1818, Dornoch, Sutherland
1856: Marriage
- Benjamin McKerras m. Euphemia Robinson Goldie, 04 Jun 1856, Tasmania, Australia
1851-1852: List of Men within the Town and District of Auckland in the Province of New Ulster, liable to serve on Juries for the year 1851 - 52
- McKerris Benjamin, Grey St, Shoemaker
- McKerris John, Grey St, Carpenter

Presbyterian Section of the Symond Street Cemetery, Transcribed by Geoff and Shirley Kendall

S 68 [Photo
In memory of
JOHN McKERRAS
died October 21st 1863
aged 74 years.
In memory of
BENJAMINA
his beloved wife
died June 13th 1883
aged 82 years.
Their son
GEORGE
died June 15th 1852
aged 14 years.
In memory of
EUPHEMIA ROBINSON
the beloved wife of
Benjamin McKerras
died Aug. 22nd 1892
aged 56 years.
Also her husband
BENJAMIN McKERRAS
died Aug. 11th 1896
aged 65 years.
Together with the Lord.
Also their children
JOHN, who died April 30th 1862.
MARY, died Jan. 21st 1866 and
MINNIE, died Jan. 6th 1874.
In affectionate remembrance of
ELIZABETH HALIDAY
eldest daughter of the late
Benjamin and Euphemia McKerras
Born Hobart 7th May 1860
Died Auckland 8th October 1903.

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