Also signed as 199 Catherine Turner
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Catherine/Kate Ellis married 62-year-old widower Joseph Turner, a builder, in 1876.
They lived at 24 Cranmer Square where Catherine signed the suffrage petition.
Joseph died in 1909, at the age of 95 – he is buried with his first wife in the Barbadoes Street Cemetery.
Catherine stayed at Cranmer Square for the next couple of years – her activities after this are unclear.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Christchurch City Council http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com
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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