Also signed as 51 Mrs Selby
Isabella Gilholm was born about 1826 in Northumberland, England – the daughter of Isaac Gilholm, a shepherd, and Grace Cairns.
She married Isaac Selby, a carpenter, in 1861 in Brighton and they had seven children, one who died in infancy.
In 1868 the family arrived in Otago on the Schleswig Bride and they settled in Dunedin.
When Isabella signed the suffrage petition they were living in Castle Street.
Isabella died at her home on 9 August 1899 and Isaac died in 1909, they are buried with their daughter Elizabeth (See 49 Elizabeth Selby) in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
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.
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