Not long after my great grandparents, Peter and Margaret Gaffaney, moved to Rangiora in North Canterbury, Margaret died “unexpectedly” at the age of 46 (though her death certificate gives her age as 42) on 16th November 1931. The cause of death was “Perinephritic Abscess, Toxaemia and secondary Haemoerrhage”.1 My grandfather was just 21 when his…
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I have this newspaper clipping (or rather, a scan of it) that tells a bit about my great grandfather Peter and his working life. He was a livestock buyer for Messrs Borthwick & Sons in Waimate, South Canterbury. He had obviously been given a promotion up to Rangiora, North Canterbury, and the article is about…