Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Susanna Crozier was born about 1862 in Ireland.
She emigrated to New Zealand in the mid 1880’s with her young son Samuel and settled in Dunedin.
When Susanna signed the suffrage petition she was living in King Street.
She married widower and farmer, Alexander Beveridge in 1896 and they lived at Clarendon in South Otago.
Alexander died in 1904 – he is buried with his first wife in the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
Susanna moved back to Dunedin after Alexander’s death – she died on 4 May 1933 and is buried with her sister 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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
The 1893 electoral roll confirms Susannah Gt King St domestic duties
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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