Lucy Bartlett was born about 1835 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England – the daughter of Thomas Bartlett.
She married James Hale, an iron polisher, on 24 March 1856 in Aston Warwickshire and they had eight children, three who died in infancy.
In 1872 the family boarded the Hydaspes bound for Otago and they settled in Dunedin.
James worked as a picture framer and cutlery grinder until he died in 1887.
When Lucy signed the suffrage petition she was living in Dundas St, Dunedin with her son Charles.
She died at her home on 3 September 1920 and she is buried with James in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
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.
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