suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Fleet
Given names: 
Bella
Given address: 
London St
Sheet No: 49
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Isabella/Bella Fleet/Flett was born in 1866  in New Zealand – the daughter of James Fleet, a labourer, and Elizabeth Turnbull.

Bella spent her early years in Waitahuna before moving to Dunedin with her family in the 1880s.

When Bella signed the suffrage petition she was living in London St, Dunedin working as a servant.

Two of her sisters also signed the petition (See 54 J Fleet and 54 A Fleet)

Isabella did not marry and she died at the age of 83 on 3 July 1949. She is buried in the family grave 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

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.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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