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Yes Monica, from reading the inquest we often wondered what the situation was between Catherine and John Horton to end like it did. The way John referred to 'the child' that was with Catherine (-my grandmother) it almost gave you the impression she was not his. She obviously was not living with him at the time of her death and possibly living with her oldest son in Greymouth. They were hard times and she would have been away from her family in Scotland so who knows what support she would have had.Makes you want to reach back down through the ages and put your arms around her.
Thank you once again
Maureen

Hello Fransmoi,
I was looking for possible information on my great-grandmother
 and came upon your site. Her name was Catherine Campbell McKenzie born approx 1857. She came out to New Zealand and sadly died at the age of 34yrs. She married a John Joshua Horton. I believe she was born in the Glasgow region but cannot be sure of that. The fact her name so closely aligns with those relatives of which you were seeking information I wonder if she may have been one of them. Perhaps a daughter of Hector McKenzie and Catherine Campbell and a sister of William ?
Kind regards,
Maureen Jamieson. NZ