Signed family name
Soloman
Signed given name
Gertrude
Given address
Cargill St
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Gertrude Solomon/Soloman was born on 20 November 1847 in Hobart, Tasmania – the daughter of Lewis Solomon, a merchant, and Esther Davis.
She came to New Zealand with her family in the 1860s and thet settled in Dunedin.
Gertrude did not marry and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living in Cargill Rd, South Dunedin.
She died on 27 November 1935 and she is buried in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Libraries Tasmania https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au
