Sarah McMurray

Sarah Ann McMurray ( Silcock, 26 August 1848 – 14 September 1943) was a New Zealand woodcarver and craftswoman.

Biography Sarah Ann Silcock was born in Nelson, New Zealand, on 26 August 1848, She was the daughter of Susannah Silcock (née Flower) and Captain Simon Bonnet Silcock. Her mother immigrated from England with her parents and sister Rhoda Flower, arriving in New Zealand on the Sir Charles Forbes in 1842. Rhoda Flower later married Alfred Saunders, a prominent politician and advocate for women's suffrage.

On September 12, 1871, she married Robert McMurray. Born in Northern Ireland, he had emigrated to Australia and subsequently to the Otago goldfields. Following their marriage, they resided at his farm, "Thorneycroft," in Brightwater. Later they lived for some time in dense forest in the Inangahua Valley on the West Coast of the South Island. In the 1880s they moved to a farm in Awahuri in the North Island.

Death McMurray died at her home on Ada Street in Palmerston North on 14 September 1943, aged 95. She is buried at Terrace End Cemetery next to her husband, who died in 1927.