Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Catherine Ann/Kate Millis was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of Robert Millis, a printer, and Annie Wylie. (See 83 Mrs Millis)
When Catherine signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Eden St, Dunedin.
She married John Henry Burmester, a clothier, on 11 October 1893 at her home in Dunedin and they had three children.
They lived in Palmerston North before moving to Stratford where Catherine died on 3 October 1950 and John died in 1959 – they are buried together in the Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford.
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/