Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Susan Rendall was born in Hazelbury Plucknett in Somersetshire in 1849. The illegitimate daughter of Mary Anne Rendell a 21 year old weaver. In her early years Susan lived with her mother & grandparents in Hazelbury then later she worked as a cook in Axminster, Devon. She emigrated to Otago on the Dover Castle and arrived in Dunedin in October 1873.
In 1876 Susan married Thomas Gallagher and they had 5 children together.
Susan died on 5 June 1925, 9 years after Thomas, and is buried in the Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
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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