suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Dalton
Given names: 
Elizabeth
Given address: 
Martinborough
Sheet No: 281
Town/Suburb: 
Martinborough
City/Region: 
Wairarapa
Notes: 

Biographical information provided by Kate Manson for the He Tohu exhibition:

Elizabeth Murray Dalton was born in 1864. She married William Ezra Dalton in 1882. The couple had at least one son, Ezra Hill Dalton, born 1886, who grew up to be a shearer.

Ezra was 28 when Elizabeth became one of the thousands of mothers to wave goodbye to her son as he set off for to war in 1915. Two years later he was shot in the spine while serving on the Western Front. He was cared for at the Red Cross Hospital in Wellington where the Matron described him as a ‘shining example of courage and cheerfulness.’ His mother would have been proud. 

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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Christine Richardson

Posted: 20 Aug 2019

In the course of creating a panel for the Suffrage in Stitches Exhibition, I located a number of sources that give some further information about Elizabeth Dalton.

NAME ON PETITION ELIZABETH MURRAY DALTON
NAME AT BIRTH ELIZABETH MURRAY OLIVER
ALSO KNOWN AS ELIZABETH MORAN and
BESSIE MORAN
DATE OF BIRTH 27 August 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Martinborough
DATE OF DEATH 8 April 1941
PLACE OF DEATH Porirua
BURIAL PLACE Unmarked graves, Area G, Block 3, Plot 61
Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North
PROBATE RECORD Her estate was valued at £574 2s 11d
MARRIAGES
1)
Husband’s name: William Ezra Dalton
Date of Marriage: 28 September 1882
Place of Marriage: Greytown
Elizabeth was 18 when she married William. He was 24
2) Husband’s name: Joseph Walter Moran
Date of Marriage: 29 December 1902
Place of Marriage: Wanganui
Elizabeth was 34 when she married Joseph who was 35

CHILDREN
1) William Charles Dalton
Born 1884
Died 10 August 1941 in Martinborough
Apparently without offspring
2) Ezra Hill Dalton
Born 25 September 1886
Died 1940
Apparently without offspring
3) Elizabeth Murray Dalton
Born 8 June 1892
Died 1892
Elizabeth was a new born when she died. The circumstances of her death are not known.

4) Joseph James Silas (or Giles?) Oliver Moran (father: Joseph Walter Moran)
Born 13 March 1897
Married Margaret Lucy
Died 8 June 1952

GRANDCHILDREN Children of Joseph James Silas Moran
1) Phillip Murray Moran
Died 13 January 2010
Apparently without offspring
2) James Hermond (possibly Herman) Moran
Died 26 May 2017
Apparently without offspring

Sources below are footnotes to support the above information. I can submit a Word doc or pdf if that helps as the footnotes/references haven't come through on this form.

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Record number1864/10496
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Record number1864/10496
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Record number1864/10496
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Record number 1941/21073
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VCC-DMF : 21 February 2019), Elizabeth Murray Moran, 1941; citing , Palmerston North probate files [second sequence], 1922-1994, record number 0090/41, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007044608
https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/23613630
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VCC-DMF : 21 February 2019), Elizabeth Murray Moran, 1941; citing , Palmerston North probate files [second sequence], 1922-1994, record number 0090/41, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007044608.
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz 1882/2383 and copy of Marriage Certificate
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz 1902/1508 and copy of Marriage Certificate.

No record of a divorce from William Ezra Dalton who was still living at the date of Elizabeth’s marriage to Joseph was found. Elizabeth’s second marriage gives her name as Elizabeth Murray Oliver (her maiden name) and her status as “Spinster”.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-1ZXG
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-723J and https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400829.2.49.6
And www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Record Number 1886/15617
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-2ZGL
And
New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-2M3L : 27 November 2017), Dalton, 1892; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1892/4507, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6V-BHTN : 4 January 2018), Joseph James Giles Oliver Moran, 1897; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1897/17134, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington
And
https://billiongraves.com/grave/James-Joseph-Silas-Oliver-Moran/29652953
https://billiongraves.com/grave/James-Joseph-Silas-Oliver-Moran/29652953
https://billiongraves.com/grave/James-Joseph-Silas-Oliver-Moran/29652953