Signed family name
Chalmers
Signed given name
Rebecca
Given address
Glenore
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Rebecca Black was born about 1843 in Ireland.
She emigrated to New Zealand and she married David Heron Chalmers, a farmer, on 2 February 1865 in the Milton Parish.
They had nine children and when Rebecca signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Glenore near Milton.
They later retired to Milton – Rebecca died on 5 December 1901 and David died in 1925.
They are buried in the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
