Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Betty Fielden was born in 1861 in Todmorden, Yorkshire – the daughter of Crossley Fielden, a cotton manufacturer, and Jane Dennett.
The family came to New Zealand in the 1880s and when Betty signed the suffrage petition they were living in Jones St, Dunedin – Betty was working as a tailoress.
She died on 22 May 1933 and is buried with her sister and brother 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
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz