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Eliza Allan

Signed family name
Allan
Signed given name
Eliza
Given address
Castle St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Eliza Robb Allan was born in 1878 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Allan, a draper, and Janet Morrison.

Eliza did not marry and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living in Castle St, Dunedin, working as a ladies nurse.

Eliza died on 7 April 1947 and is buried in the family grave in the Northern 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.