Signed family name
Alexander
Signed given name
Ellen
Given address
South Dunedin
Notes
Ellen appears to have signed the petition three times – on Sheet 36, 121 and 140.
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Helen/Ellen Alexander was born on 23 March 1870 in Edinburgh, Scotland – the daughter of Hector Alexander, a painter, and Sarah Simpkins.
Helen married Samuel Lister, a printer, in 1895; they had two daughters and lived in Bathgate St, South Dunedin.
Samuel died in May of 1945 and Ellen died on 2 September 1945. They are buried in the family grave in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
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