Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Isabella Bain was born on 16 July 1857 in Caithness, Scotland – the daughter of John Bain, a ploughman, and Sinclair Manson.
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1875 on the Invercargill and they settled in Dunedin.
Isabella married Adam Davidson, a miller, on 30 April 1880 at her home in Mornington.
They had three children and when Isabella signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Argyle St, South Dunedin.
They later moved to Woodhaugh in Dunedin where Isabella died on 10 October 1915.
Adam died in 1920 – they are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
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
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk