Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Isabella/Bella Armstrong was born in about 1867 in Glasgow, Scotland. She came to New Zealand about 1874 and married Harry Joseph Treurn, a Master Mariner, in 1888. They had five children.
When she signed the suffrage petition Isabella was living in York Place, Dunedin.
Harry died on 29 May 1943 and Isabella died a few days later on 7 June. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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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