Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Sarah Campbell was born about 1870 in Scotland and was possibly the daughter of Charles Campbell and his wife Janet (See 114 Janet Campbell) who emigrated to Otago in 1874 on the “Cartsburn”.
Sarah married George Frederick Snell, a bootmaker, in 1889 and they had five children, one who died in infancy.
When Sarah signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Tay St, Roslyn in Dunedin.
George died in 1900 – he is buried in the Southern Cemetery.
Sarah had a son in 1903 and she married James Robert Phimister, a widower with three children, on 22 August 1917.
James died in 1927 and Sarah died on 29 December 1962 at Ross Home, Dunedin – they are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Location confirmed 1893 Electoral Roll
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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