Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Catherine Harper was born about 1858 – she married David Allan Graham, a gas engineer, in 1884 and they had two daughters.
David died at their home 'Oaklands' in Andersons Bay, Dunedin in 1893 and this is where Catherine signed the suffrage petition.
Catherine died at her daughter’s home in South Canterbury on 19 November 1940, she is buried with David in the Andersons Bay 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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