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Elizabeth McNicol

Signed family name
McNicol
Signed given name
Elizabeth
Given address
Castle St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Elizabeth was born about 1822, probably in Scotland. 

When she signed the suffrage petition she was a widow living in Castle St, Dunedin. 

She died at her home on 7 January 1906. 

She 'lived alone in a two-roomed cottage', her health had begun to fail and a neighbour had arranged for Elizabeth to be admitted to the hospital. When the neighbour visited the following day Elizabeth was found to have died. 

She had relatives in Timaru and on the Taieri. 

Elizabeth is buried in the Northern Cemetery.

Sources

DCC Cemetery Records

Otago Nominal Index

Papers Past

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.