NameEmma Gerrard 

Birth1 Jan 1853, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
Death7 Jan 1936, Auckland, NZ
Misc. Notes
Name of “Emma Gerrard”, date and place of birth, marriage and death, from "ROSS Family" tree dated 1993 by Vyver Main (nee Whyte) b. 1919.
“Collingwood” from Sarah Ferguson (nee Churton).
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Thames Roll for 1896, found in June 2019:
Ross, Emma, Alfred Street, Thames, domestic duties, residential
Ross, George, Alfred Street, Thames, blacksmith, residential
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waikato Thames Roll for 1900, found in June 2019:
Ross, Emma, Mackay Street, Thames, domestic duties, residential
Ross, George, Mackay Street, Thames, blacksmith, residential
Trainor, Sophia Eliza, Mackay Street, Thames. housewife [Daughter]
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waikato Thames Roll for 1905-1906, found in June 2018:
Ross, Emma, Mackay Street, Thames, married woman
Ross, George, Mackay Street, Thames, blacksmith
Ross, Emma Mary, Mackay Street, Thames, domestic duties [Daughter]
Trainor, Sophia Eliza, Mackay Street, Thames. housewife [Daughter]
NOTE: Emma, with Lily and Sydney, must of moved from Thames to Remuera Auckland between 1906 and 1911, around or after the death of husband George in 1908.
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Parnell Roll 1911 found in June 2019,:
Ross, Emma, Remuera Road, Remuera, married
Ross, Lily Violet, Remuera Road, Remuera, spinster [Daughter]
Ross, Sydney, Remuera Road, Remuera, blacksmith [Son]
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Parnell Roll 1914 found in June 2019,:
Ross, Emma, Remuera Road, Remuera, married
Ross, Lily Violet, Remuera Road, Remuera, spinster [Daughter]
Ross, Sydney, Remuera Road, Remuera, blacksmith [Son]
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Parnell General Roll 1919 found in June 2019,:
Ross, Emma, Remuera Road, Remuera, married
Ross, Lily Violet, Remuera Road, Remuera, spinster [Daughter]
Ross, Sydney, Remuera Road, Remuera, blacksmith [Son]
Second given name of “Mary”?
Looking at the New Zealand Electoral Roll for 1928 and 1935, we see an entry for an Emma Ross with a second given name of “Mary”.
We know this Emma has a daughter named “Emma Mary Ross” but her daughter would of been married to William John Turner at the time.
Married in 1904, the daughter presumably took her husband’s surname of “Turner”. The daughter’s husband did not die until 1956.
Here are the two Electoral Rolls:
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Parnell General Roll 1928 found in June 2019,:
Ross, Emma Mary, 124 Remuera Road, widow
Ross, Sydney Moore, 124 Remuera Road, blacksmith [Son]
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Parnell General Roll 1935 found in June 2019:
Ross, Emma Mary, 124 Remuera Road, widow
Ross, Sydney Moore, 124 Remuera Road, blacksmith [Son]
Looking at the birth records from a search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2019 reveals only one given name of “Emma”:
1877/106. Ross, Charles Godfrey. Mother: Emma. Father: George Moore
1878/7084. Ross, Sophia Eliza. Mother: Emma. Father: George Moore
1880/561. Ross, George Cornelius Gerrard. Mother: Emma. Father: George Moore
1881/2789. Ross, Emma Mary. Mother: Emma. Father: George
1883/2079. Ross, Blanche Daisy Jane. Mother: Emma. Father: George
1884/14110. Ross, Lilly Violet. Mother: Emma. Father: George
1886/1434. Ross, Sydney Moor. Mother: Emma. Father: George Moor
1888/7566. Ross, Daisy May. Mother: Emma. Father: George
1891/1520. Ross, Stanley Harold. Mother: Emma. Father: George Muir
1894/12415. Ross, Henry Jackson Cutler. Mother: Emma. Father: George Muir
Looking at the Electoral Roll for 1928 and 1935, we see daughter “Emma Mary Ross” registered under her married name of “Turner”:
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Grey Lynn General Roll 1928, found in June 2019:
Turner, Emma Mary, Larchwood Avenue, married
Turner, William John, Larchwood Avenue, plumber
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Grey Lynn General Roll 1935, found in June 2019:
Turner, Emma Mary, 21 Larchwood Avenue, married
Turner, William John, 21 Larchwood Avenue, plumber
Turner, Dreda Nina May, 21 Larchwood Avenue, spinster [Daughter of Emma and John]
This confirms that while Emma Ross (nee Gerrard) was living in Remuera Road, she used a full name of “Emma Mary Ross”.
Spouses
Birth10 Mar 1851, New Zealand
Death25 Nov 1908, Auckland, NZ
OccupationBlacksmith
Marriage4 Apr 1876, Thames, NZ