Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Lucy Matilda Freeman was born in 1871 in New Zealand — the daughter of Joseph Freeman, a painter, and Janet Anne MacDonald. (See 160 Janet Freeman)
When she signed the suffrage petition Lucy was living with her family in Ann St, Roslyn.
She married Arthur Sunderland, a plumber, in 1895. They had two children, one who died in infancy.
Arthur died in 1944 and Lucy died on 24 September 1957, she was cremated and her ashes buried in the family grave with Arthur.
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.
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