Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Minnie Beadle was born in 1861 in New Zealand – the daughter of James Beadle, a carpenter, and Harriet French.
Minnie did not marry and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Great King St, Dunedin.
She died on 27 July 1959 at the age of 98 and is buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
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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