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Originally transcribed as Mrs D. N. Johnston
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth Loudon was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of James Loudon, a coal mine operator and storekeeper, and Elizabeth Wilson. (See 150 E Loudon)
Elizabeth married David Wilson Johnston, a bacon curer, on 5 January 1893 at her home in Fairfield and shortly after her marriage she signed the suffrage petition there.
Elizabeth and David had four children and they lived in Fairfield until the 1920s when they moved to Dunedin.
Elizabeth died at her home on 17 October 1929 and David died in 1934 – they are buried together in the Green Island 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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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