Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth/Bessie Margaret Young was born on 23 April 1856 in Peebles, Scotland – the daughter of John Young, a saddler, and Jane Syme.
She emigrated to Otago with her parents about 1871 and they settled in Dunedin.
Her father died soon after their arrival and her mother died in 1878.
Elizabeth married Walter Eudey, a teacher, on 20 April 1883 at her brother’s home in Lees St, Dunedin.
They had two children and when Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Eglington Rd, Mornington.
In 1901 Walter was appointed to a teaching position at Tapanui in South Otago before becoming headmaster at Forbury School in Dunedin in 1907.
Walter died at their home in 1927 and Elizabeth died at Ranfurly on 24 March 1939, they are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
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