Signed family name
Hill
Signed given name
Keren
Given address
St Clair
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Keren Happoch Hill was born in 1869 in New Zealand – the daughter of Quinton Hill, a farmer, and Jemima Badman.
When Keren signed the suffrage petition she was living in Victoria St, St Clair, Dunedin.
She married Jesse Stewart Griffiths, a plumber, in 1896 and they had three children.
They lived in Petone in Wellington. Keren died at Wellington Hospital on 16 March 1944 – she is buried in the Karori Cemetery.
Jesse died in 1962 – he is buried in the Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui.
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/