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Elizabeth Barclay

Signed family name
Barclay
Signed given name
Elizabeth
Given address
Mosgiel
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Mosgiel
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Elizabeth Barclay was born in 1865 in New Zealand – the daughter of James Barclay, a labourer, and Christina Ireland. (See 81 C Barclay).

When she signed the suffrage petition Elizabeth was living with her family in Factory Rd, Mosgiel working in a factory.

Elizabeth did not marry and she died on 4 May 1950, she is buried with her brother in the East Taieri Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

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