Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Eliza Allden was born in 1855 in Staffordshire – the daughter of Thomas Allden, a labourer, and Ellen Baker.
She married William Turley in 1872 and they had a daughter before they emigrated to Westland in 1875 on the Caroline.
They settled in Greymouth where William worked as a wharf labourer and they had a further three children.
Eliza signed the suffrage petition in Greymouth. In 1900 she went for a visit to her daughter in Napier. On 21 August they were attending a 'Roman Catholic social at the Gaiety Theatre' when Eliza died suddenly.
William died in Greymouth in 1907 – they are buried together in the Karoro Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/