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Edith Day

Signed family name
Day
Signed given name
Edith
Given address
Princes St South
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Edith Jane Maria Ann Day was born in Westport, New Zealand in 1872 – the daughter of David, a Customs Officer, and Annie Maria Day.

Edith married Frederick Croot, an iron moulder, in 1895, and they had one daughter.

Frederick died in Dunedin in 1907. Edith died at her daughter’s residence – Longwood, Southland on 1 September 1925, and she is buried in the Riverton 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

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