Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Catherine Lyall Ramsay was born in 1865 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Ramsay, a surfaceman, and Catherine Duncan. (See 94 Catherine Ramsay)
When Catherine signed the suffrage petition she was living with her parents in Church St, Roslyn, Dunedin.
She married Wallace Carr, a miner, in 1906 – they lived in Alexandra then in Dunedin where Wallace worked as a watchmaker.
Catherine died at her cousin’s home in Waikouaiti, (See 102 Jessie Townsend), on 21 April 1919 – she is buried with her parents in the Northern Cemetery.
Wallace remarried in 1927, he died in 1941 and is buried in the Papakura 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