Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Eleanor Elizabeth Burrell was born in 1851, in Cambridgeshire, England, the daughter of Thomas Burrell, a tailor, and Elizabeth Bond.
Eleanor emigrated to New Zealand. When she married Samuel Thomas Bolton on 13 December 1877, she had been working in Cromwell as a governess.
The couple settled in Rothesay, West Harbour, Dunedin. They had six children, one who died in infancy, and Samuel worked as a painter.
Eleanor died on 7 November 1902. Samuel re-married four years later and had another two children. He died in 1923 and is buried with Eleanor in the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
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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