Signed family name
Cunningham
Signed given name
Elizabeth
Given address
Helensburn Road
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Elizabeth McKay was born about 1846 in Scotland.
She emigrated to New Zealand about 1870 where she married John Cunningham, a surveyor, in 1880.
They lived in Dunedin and had five children, one who died in infancy.
When Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Helensburgh Rd, Dunedin.
Elizabeth died at her home on 6 August 1929 and John died in 1934 – they are buried together in the Anderson Bay 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