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Elizabeth Kerr

Signed family name
Kerr
Signed given name
Elizabeth
Given address
Argyle Street
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
South Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

This Elizabeth signed directly under the other Elizabeth Kerr on this page.

I think this is Elizabeth McFarlane, daughter of Elizabeth Kerr (See 67 Elizabeth Kerr) and she has taken her step father’s name. 

Elizabeth McFarlane was born in 1872 in New Zealand – the daughter of Archibald McFarlane and Elizabeth Keir. 

Her father died in 1875  her mother remarried in 1879 to Duncan Kerr. 

When Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Argyle St, South Dunedin working as a boot machinist. 

Elizabeth did not marry and she died on 15 September 1947 – she is buried with her brother and sister Margaret (See 67 Margaret McFarlane) 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.