Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth Catherine Repper King was born in Cornwall, in 1862. She was the daughter of Charles Henry King and Sarah Hendy Perry.
In about 1867 Charles and Susan, with three children, arrived in Dunedin - another nine children arrived after their arrival.
Elizabeth married Charles David Gibbs in 1881, they had seven children, the last in 1891.
On 11 September 1894 Catherine died at her home Castle St, aged 31. She is buried in the Northern Cemetery.
George re-married in 1896 and he died in 1943.
Sources
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
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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