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Esther Elizabeth Timlin

Signed family name
Timlin
Signed given name
Esther Elizabeth
Given address
North East Valley
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
North Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Esther Yates was born in 1866 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Yates and Mary Ann Jones.

She married James Timlin on 15 March 1884 in Dunedin and they had six children, one who died in infancy.

When Esther signed the suffrage petition they were living in Duncan St, North East Valley.

She died on 25 May 1939 and James died in 1943 – they are buried in the Andersons Bay 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

Presbyterian Research Centre   https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/           

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