Signed family name
Hughson
Signed given name
Robina
Given address
Hanover St
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Robina Elizabeth Russell Hughson, known as Ral, was born in 1877 in Riverton, New Zealand – the daughter of William Hughson, a school janitor, and Robina Margaret Russell. Her family moved to Dunedin in the 1880’s due to her father’s health problems and Robina worked as a dressmaker.
Robina did not marry and she died on 22 May 1927. She is buried with her parents 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
