Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Emma Elizabeth Mickerson was born in 1851 in London – the daughter of James George Mickerson, a waterman, and Emma Baity.
Emma emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 on the Chile and she married Frederick Allen, a teacher, the following year in Wellington.
When Emma signed the suffrage petition they were living in Colac Bay – they later moved to Karitane, north of Dunedin before moving back to England in the late 1890s.
Frederick died in 1916 and Emma died on 8 January 1931.
Under the terms of Frederick’s will a large amount of money was left to the hospitals of New Zealand.
Sources
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz