Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Harriet Elizabeth Giles was born in Pidlington, Oxfordshire in 1858 to William Giles, a painter, & Jane Robinson.
Harriet & her parents along with 4 siblings arrived in New Zealand in 1874 on the Tweed.
She married Richard Maddox, a storeman, in 1880 and they had four children.
Richard died on 17 November 1907 at Brunswick St and Harriet on 4 July 1941 at Moreau St. They are buried together in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
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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