Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth/Lizzie Bannerman McKay was born about 1855. She married Robert Phair, a grocer and carrier, in 1884 - they had six children.
When she signed the suffrage petition Elizabeth was living with her family in High St, Dunedin. They later moved to Macandrew Bay where Elizabeth died on 9 April 1927. Robert died in the Dunedin Hospital the following day.
They are both buried in the family grave in the Southern 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.
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