Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Charlotte Cockburn was born about 1837 in Stirlingshire, Scotland – the daughter of Alexander Cockburn, a bricklayer.
She married Robert Walker, a baker, on 7 March 1862 in Glasgow and they had four children.
The family emigrated to Otago in 1874 on the Parsee – their five-year-old daughter Elizabeth died on the voyage.
They settled in Bluff where their last two children were born.
Robert was declared bankrupt in 1886 and again in 1892 – they were still living in Bluff when Charlotte signed the suffrage petition.
Robert died at their home 'Kinross' in Bluff in 1901 and Charlotte died on 3 July 1921 at her daughter’s (See 341 Margaret W Barber) home, they are buried together in the Bluff Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Invercargill City Council https://icc.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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