Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Helen was born on 18 July 1871 at Skippers Creek near Queenstown – the daughter of Edward Casper, a miner, and Barbara Towers. (See 107 Barbara Casper)
In the mid 1870s the family moved to live in Queenstown and, in 1876, Helen’s father drowned while taking part in the St Patrick’s Day boat race.
Helen signed the suffrage petition in Queenstown and, in 1898, she gave birth to her son Conrad.
She moved to Invercargill in 1908 and spent many years there.
She died at her niece’s home in Whangarei on 18 July 1933 and is buried in the Kamo Cemetery, Whangarei.
Sources
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Whangarei District Council http://old.wdc.govt.nz/