Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Rebecca Elizabeth Dundon was born in New Zealand in 1869 – the daughter of Michael Dundon and Rebecca.
She married Charles John Champness, a tram conductor, in Victoria, Australia in 1890 and they had a son in 1891 before returning to New Zealand and settling in Dunedin.
When Rebecca signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Elm Row. Their daughter was born in 1897 and the family moved to Christchurch in the 1890s.
Rebecca died on 17 February 1917, she is buried in the Linwood Cemetery.
Charles died in 1955, he was cremated and his ashes buried in the Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
Archway http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz
Christchurch City Council http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com
Auckland Council https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries
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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