A. J. Corliss

Signed family name

Corliss

Signed given name

A. J.

Given address

St Clair

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St Clair

City/Region

Dunedin

Notes

Changed to A. J. after community contribution below

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.

Community contributions

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Paul Corliss Posted: 8 Aug 2019

This was actually A. J. Corliss - ANNIE JANE CORLISS (nee FINDLAY, born 1861 and died 25 June 1946) who married PAUL CASHMAN CORLISS - later Commissioner of Stamps and 5th child of Mortimer Patrick Corliss and Hannah Cashman Corliss. Annie was the daughter of George Alexander Findlay, a prominent Dunedin citizen, and the sister of David McCubbin Findlay a popular Dunedin lawyer, and Dr John George Findlay a law and political economics lecturer at Otago University. Dr John Findlay (later Hon. Sir John Findlay K.C.M.G., K.C., M.L.C.) was called to the Legislative Council, and was appointed to the Executive Council and Cabinet as Attorney-General and Colonial Secretary (later minister of Internal Affairs). (Members of the Legislative Council, M.L.C., were appointees to the old Upper House of Parliament.

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