Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth Wallace/Bessie Elliott was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire in 1875 – the daughter of William Elliott and Elizabeth Wallace. (See 144 Mrs Wm Elliott)
She came to New Zealand with her family in the mid-1880s. They lived for a time in Mosgiel before they moved to Southland around 1889.
When Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Colac Bay.
She married Alexander Clode, a sawmiller, on 24 September 1895 and the following day she died. Elizabeth is buried with her father in the Riverton Cemetery.
Alexander re-married in 1903, he had 11 children and he died in Taihape in 1940. He is buried in the Taihape Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
Rangitikei District Council https://www.rangitikei.govt.nz/services/
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk