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Isabella Robertson

Signed family name
Robertson
Signed given name
Isabella
Given address
Selwyn Road NE Valley
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
North Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Isabella Robertson was born in 1869 in New Zealand – the daughter of Thomas Robertson, a blacksmith, and Helen White. (See 149 Mrs Robertson

When Isabella signed the suffrage petition she was living with her widowed mother in Selwyn Rd, North East Valley, Dunedin working as a machinist.

Isabella was still living in Selwyn Rd in 1896 but her life after this is unclear.

Sources:

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

DCC Cemetery Records   http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

Otago Nominal Index  http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

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

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