Originally transcribed as Miss McPersey
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ellen McKersey was born in 1876 in New Zealand – the daughter of Thomas McKersey, an iron dresser, and Ellen McCarthy. (See 144 Mrs McKersy)
When Ellen signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family at No. 1 Road, Opoho.
She married Charles John Francis Hannagan, a railway inspector who had been twice widowed, in 1932.
Charles died at their home in 1936 and Ellen died on 21 December 1966 – they are buried with Ellen’s family 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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/