Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Edith Mary Dowden was born in 1862 in Victoria, Australia – the daughter of Edwin Atchley Dowden, a stock inspector, and Mary Louisa Lambert. (See 56 Mrs Dowden)
Edith came to New Zealand with her family about 1874 and, when she signed the suffrage petition, she was living in George St, Dunedin with her family.
She married John Griffiths, a seaman, in 1913 and she died on 23 December 1926.
John died in 1934, they are buried together in the Karori Cemetery, Wellington.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
PapersPast https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Wellington City Council https://wellington.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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