Signed family name
North
Signed given name
Olive
Given address
North East Valley
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Olive North was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of Alexander John North, a shoemaker, and Mary Sophia Christer. (See 142 Mrs North)
When Olive signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Main Rd, North East Valley, Dunedin working as a dressmaker.
She married Richard Henry East in 1905 and they had four children.
Olive died on 12 May 1942 and Richard died in 1963 – they are buried together in the Northern 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