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Catherine Graham

Signed family name
Graham
Signed given name
Catherine
Given address
Howe Street
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
North Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Catherine Graham was born on 19 November 1820 in Glasgow, Scotland – the daughter of William Graham, a farmer, and Catherine McAra.

She emigrated to Otago in 1852 on the Columbus - also on board was her brother John and sister Mary Hunter along with Mary’s husband James.

When Catherine signed the suffrage petition she was living in Howe St, Dunedin.

She died on 16 September 1896 and is she buried in the Northern Cemetery.

Sources

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

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.