Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Elizabeth/Betsy McKenzie was born in 1868 in Perthshire, Scotland – the daughter of Roderick McKenzie, a coachsmith, and Isabella Lamond.
She emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1874 on the “Tweed” and they settled in Dunedin.
Elizabeth’s mother died in 1890 and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her father in Clyde Avenue, off St David Street in North Dunedin.
Elizabeth married George Crosbie in 1894 and they had three children.
Elizabeth died on 11 July 1941 and George died in 1948 – they are 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk