Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ellen/Helen Wilson was born in 1869 in Dunedin – the daughter of William Wilson, a foundry manager, and Helen Marshall. (See 28 Mrs Wilson)
When Ellen signed the suffrage petition she was living at the family home in St Clair, Dunedin.
She did not marry and she died on 25 November 1943 in Dunedin.
Ellen is 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
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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