suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Smith
Given names: 
Elizabeth S.
Given address: 
Caversham
Sheet No: 57
Town/Suburb: 
Caversham
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Elizabeth Sophia Winslade was born in 1869 in Farnham, Surrey, England – the daughter of Samuel Winslade, an agricultural labourer, and Mary Arundell.

She emigrated to Otago on the Asia in 1874 with her parents and seven siblings.

Elizabeth married William Bendigo Smith, a bootmaker, in 1888 & they had six children.

When she signed the suffrage petition Elizabeth’s family were living in Smith St, Caversham, Dunedin.

William died in 1934 & Elizabeth died on 11 May 1935, they are buried in the family grave in the Southern 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

GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

See also Caversham research databases

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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