Signed family name
Simon
Signed given name
Mrs J. P.
Given address
Forth Street
Notes
Originally transcribed as Mrs J R Simon
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ellen Gray was born about 1855 in Scotland.
She married James Petch Simon, a boot manufacturer, in 1876 in New Zealand and they had nine children, one who died in infancy.
When Ellen signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Forth St, Dunedin.
Ellen died on 11 December 1924 and James died in 1927, they 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz