Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Eliza Johnston Dagger was born on 13 August 1858 in Edinburgh, Scotland – the daughter of Thomas Dagger, a shipwright, and Margaret Phillips. (See 142 Margret Dagger)
Her father appears to have arrived in 1862 on the “Grasmere”, probably working his passage, and Eliza arrived in 1863 with her mother and sister in 1863 on the “Nelson”.
They settled in Dunedin where Eliza married William Henry Adams, a bookbinder, on 7 March 1883 - they had one son.
When Eliza signed the suffrage petition they were living in Duddingstone, North East Valley.
Eliza died on 9 June 1944 and William died in 1948 – they are buried together in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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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