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E. Riddle

Signed family name
Riddle
Signed given name
E.
Given address
Main Road
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
North Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Eliza Caroline Riddle was born in 1852 in Queensland, Australia – the daughter of John Riddle & Elizabeth.

Her daughter Lillian was born in 1877 and they sailed for New Zealand around 1885.

They lived in Dunedin where Lillian died in 1889.

When Eliza signed the suffrage petition she was living in North East Valley, Dunedin working as a machinist.

She died on 2 November 1912 and is buried with Lillian in the Northern Cemetery.

Sources 

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

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