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Susan Donn

Signed family name
Donn
Signed given name
Susan
Given address
Bank St, Timaru
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Timaru
City/Region
South Canterbury
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Susan Donn was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of Robert Donn, a farmer, and Jessie Craigie (See 274 Mrs R Donn

When Susan signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Timaru. 

She married, stock agent, William Murdoch Bruce on 22 June 1897 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Timaru. 

They had three children and lived in Ashburton. 

Susan died at their home on 10 October 1945 and William died in 1955 – they are buried together in the Ashburton Public Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.