Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Edith Jane Maria Ann Day was born in Westport, New Zealand in 1872 – the daughter of David, a Customs Officer, and Annie Maria Day.
Edith married Frederick Croot, an iron moulder, in 1895, and they had one daughter.
Frederick died in Dunedin in 1907. Edith died at her daughter’s residence – Longwood, Southland on 1 September 1925, and she is buried in the Riverton 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
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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