Person:John Tarr (3)

Watchers
Browse
John Charles Ambrose Tarr
d.10 Aug 1939
m. 10 Apr 1851
  1. John Charles Ambrose Tarr1857 - 1939
  2. Hamilton Purdon Tarr1862 - 1937
m. 13 Sep 1882
  1. Rowland Cecil Tarr1883 - 1950
Facts and Events
Name John Charles Ambrose Tarr
Gender Male
Birth? 1857 , , Cape, South Africa
Marriage 13 Sep 1882 , , Cape, South Africato Lydia Jane Forrester
Death? 10 Aug 1939

Typical settler people, taking a lively interest in other people's welfare. They made a good living from ostriches during the boom years. Always hospitable, more often than not the generally large dining room table accomodated a "full house" for Sunday dinner with family and friends, coming either by cart and horse or horseback. In later life they lived in a cottage on their son, Rowland's farm, Fair View, Senekal. According to legend, their first children, twins, died at birth. The remaining children, all sons, were Rowland Cecil, John Vivian and Reginald Samuel.