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Amos Burr

Also Known As: "Hookey"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Death: May 17, 1906 (84)
Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of John Burr and Ann Burr
Husband of [first name unknown] Burr and Lydia Harris Burr
Father of [first name unknown] Burr; Lydia Flyger; Amos Burr, Jr.; Henry Ernest Burr; Edward Albert Burr and 8 others
Brother of Eliza Nye; Charlotte Nelson; Harriet Brummitt; Isaiah Burr and Henry William Burr

Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
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About Amos Burr

Arrived on the “Cuba” on January 4th, 1840,

One of the most fascinating stories of early New Zealand must be that of Amos Burr. The victim of a ghastly accident within days of his arrival, he had to spend the rest of his life, maimed, an object of curiosity and pity – an ogre to little children who dreaded the steel hooks that replaced his missing hands.

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Amos Burr's Timeline

1822
February 6, 1822
Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
1844
1844
New Zealand
1856
September 15, 1856
New Zealand
1858
January 8, 1858
1860
October 29, 1860
Foxton, Horowhenua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
1862
July 2, 1862
Foxton, Horowhenua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
1864
August 10, 1864
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
1867
February 14, 1867
Foxton, Horowhenua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand