Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Delia (Bridget) Francesca Josephine Riordan was born in New Zealand in 1866 – the daughter of Stephen Riordan, a tide waiter, and Margaret Jennings.
On 16 February 1890 Delia married William Garrett Pigott Shepherd, a printer, at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin. They had no children.
Delia died on 30 April 1930 and she is buried in a family grave in the Southern Cemetery. Her husband moved to Australia and died in New South Wales in 1951.
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
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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