See also Caversham research databases
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Beatrice Westwood was born in London in 1867 – the daughter of Alfred Westwood, a carpenter, and Mary Ann Alliban. (See 40 Mary Westwood)
She emigrated to Otago in 1874 on the Sussex with her family and they settled in Dunedin.
In 1888 the family moved to Victoria, Australia where Beatrice’s father died in 1889.
She returned to Dunedin with her mother in 1892 and when she signed the suffrage petition they were living in Alexandra St, Caversham.
Beatrice married Joseph Johnston Young, a farmer, on 30 June 1896 in Dunedin – they had one son.
She died on 14 July 1907 and Joseph died in 1948 – they are buried together 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
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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