When Elizabeth Goldthorp was born in 1848, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Goldthorpe, was 25 and her mother, Kezia White, was 26. She married Edward George Kerr in 1867, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 28 May 1903, in Timaru, New Zealand, at the age of 55, and was buried in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
The New Provinces Act was established to help create new Provinces in the quickly growing region of New Zealand. This Act also helped kept laws in check as well as create Provincial Councils to help govern over the people within the areas.
The New Zealand Settlements Act was passed to be able to seize any of the land from the Maori tribes who had been in rebellion against the Government since the beginning of the year. This confiscation law targeted Kingitanga Maori mainly because they were whom the government had waged war against in the attempt to restore British Law to the tribes.
English: see Goldthorpe .
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