Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Beatrice Neilson was born about 1862. She married John Deuchrass, a store keeper, on 23 February 1882 in Dunedin. They had one son.
When Beatrice signed the suffrage petition the family were living in 'Kent Cottage' in York Place. They later had shops in Castle St then Arthur St.
John died in the Dunedin Hospital in 1909. Beatrice continued to run the shop until at least 1911.
She was living in Wellington when her son died in 1941. Beatrice died on 20 September 1961, aged 99. She was cremated at the Karori Cemetery, Wellington.
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
Wellington City Council https://wellington.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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