Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Isabella McNay Brown was born about 1838. She married Thomas Henry Davidson, a marine engineer, on 6 May 1864 at Port Chalmers near Dunedin.
Soon after their marriage Isabella and Thomas moved to Victoria, Australia, where they had two daughters, one dying in infancy. They were back in New Zealand by 1870 where their next daughter was born, followed by two sons and another daughter. The family lived in Dunedin and, when Isabella signed the suffrage petition, they were living in Cumberland St.
Isabella died on 12 September 1907 and Thomas died in 1910. They are buried together in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz