Originally transcribed as S C Chepman
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Sarah Christina Leader was born about 1820 in Ireland. She married Henry John Chapman, a grocer, on 21 January 1845 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
They had eight children and Henry later worked as a clerk then a timber merchant.
The family came to New Zealand about 1863 and settled in Dunedin.
When Sarah signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Filleul St & Sarah’s occupation was 'lady'.
She died at her on 11 August 1894 and Henry died in 1897, they are buried in the family grave in the Southern 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
Libraries Tasmania https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au