suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Beissel
Given names: 
Mrs F.
Given address: 
Cargill St
Sheet No: 152
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Caroline Wilhelmina Gohring was born about 1841. She married Franz/Frank Beissel, a hairdresser, in 1863 in New Zealand. They had 14 children and at least three died in infancy. 

The family lived in Dunedin, and Caroline was living in Cargill Street when she signed the suffrage petition. Her daughter, Augusta Caroline Louisa, also signed the petition.

Caroline died on 12 July 1905 at Pacific St, Nevada, Dunedin. Franz died in 1907 and they are both buried in the family grave in the Southern 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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