Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Catherine Priscilla Elspet Cowie was born about 1863 in New Zealand. She married Harry William Brundell, an upholsterer, in 1885 and they had eight children.
When Catherine signed the suffrage petition, she and her family were living in Pitt St, Dunedin.
Harry retired in 1911. Two years later, Catherine and Harry moved to Mosgiel near Dunedin. Harry died there in November 1913.
Catherine moved back to Dunedin and died there on 9 March 1938. She and Harry are buried in the family grave in the Andersons Bay 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