Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Eliza Woods was born about 1825. She was married to Thomas Woods who worked as a stage hand and caretaker at the Princess Theatre in Dunedin.
They had at least three children, and their daughters Florence and Cecilia also signed the 1893 suffrage petition. The family lived in High St, Dunedin until Thomas died in 1894.
Eliza and her children moved to South Dunedin then she later lived in Andersons Bay where she died on 18 July 1914. She is buried with Thomas 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
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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