Signed family name
Baxter
Signed given name
Mrs E.
Given address
Grange St
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Elizabeth Sinclair Begbie was born on August 2nd 1846 in Lanarkshire, Scotland – the daughter of Andrew Begbie, an engineer, & Margaret Crawford.
Her mother died in 1862 & soon after the family emigrated to Otago.
Elizabeth married Alexander Kirk Baxter, an expressman, on December 31st 1867 in Dunedin.
They had 5 children & when Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Grange Street.
Alexander died in July 1923 & Elizabeth died at her home 6 weeks later on September 15th.
They are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.