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Lydia Dixon

Signed family name
Dixon
Signed given name
Lydia
Given address
Greymouth
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Greymouth
City/Region
West Coast
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Lydia Dixon was born in 1871 in Greymouth – the eldest child of Benjamin and Ann Dixon. (See 534 A Dixon)

When Lydia signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Greymouth working as a dressmaker.

She later worked in the family stationery shop.

Lydia died on 2 September 1958 in Greymouth – her place of burial is unknown.

Sources

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

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

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