Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Caroline Carr was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Carr, a whipmaker, and Esther Garraway. (See 48 Esther Carr)
She married David Owen Yates, a vanman, in 1891 and they had four children.
When Caroline signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Grange St, Dunedin.
David died in 1939 and Caroline died on 24 May 1948 – they are buried in the family grave 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
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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