Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Sara Jane Ottrey was born in 1860 in Victoria, Australia – the daughter of Thomas Ottrey and Mary Wake.
She married William Charles Dale, a butcher, in 1883 in Victoria and they came to New Zealand soon after.
Sara and William had six children and lived in Tapanui where Sara signed the suffrage petition.
William died in 1924 and Sara died on 7 January 1946, they are buried together in the Tapanui Cemetery.
Sources
Tapanui Burial Register
Clutha District Council https://www.cluthadc.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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