Frank Malcolm was Kate Sheppard’s younger brother.
Frank and Alice initially lived in central Christchurch, where Frank was partner with his brother-in-law George Beath in the drapery store. However, in 1883 they bought 6 acres alongside Clyde Road and built a house with extensive gardens there. Another of Frank’s sisters – Isabella and her husband Henry May - bought the adjoining 6 acre property at the same time, and four years later Kate and her husband Walter Sheppard bought a two acre plot alongside Isabella’s. When Alice signed the petition she gave her address as “Clyde Road”.
Alice and Frank had two sons and three daughters. After Frank retired from Beath’s, he became a successful auctioneer. In 1909 Frank and Alice moved to Gisborne, where he continued to work as an auctioneer until his death in 1918. Frank is buried in Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne. Alice lived until she was 91, dying in 1953. She is buried in Te Henui cemetery, New Plymouth, which suggests she was living with one of her adult children, several of whom settled in Taranaki.
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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