Biography contributed to Katherine Blakeley
Sarah Beattie was born in 1874 in New Zealand – the daughter of James Beattie, a farmer, and Margaret Ann Whiteside.
When she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family at Highcliff on the Otago Peninsula.
Sarah married William Octavius Harwood, a farmer, in 1898 - they had one daughter and they lived near Portobello on the Otago Peninsula.
William died in 1938 and Sarah died on 8 August 1966, they are buried together in the Portobello 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
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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