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H. C. Shorland

Signed family name
Shorland
Signed given name
H. C.
Given address
Gore
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Gore
City/Region
Southland
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Harriet Chaplain Shorland was born in 1862 in Auckland – the daughter of John Shorland, a carpenter, and Mary Elizabeth Olive. (See 127 M E Shorland

Harriet signed the suffrage petition in Gore where she appears to have been visiting her sister Georgina (See 127 G E Abernethy) accompanied by her mother. 

She died not marry and she died in Auckland on 13 April 1945 – she is buried with her parents in the Symonds Street Cemetery.

Sources 

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

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

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/ 

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