Originally transcribed as T Nicoll
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Isabella Leslie Mathers Nicoll was born on 4 November 1871 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland – the daughter of David Nicoll, a canvas lapper, and Betsy Black. (See 31 B Nicoll)
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1875 on the Nelson and they settled in Dunedin.
When Isabella signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in King St working as a dressmaker.
Isabella was living in Stuart St, Dunedin in 1911 and she disappears from the records after this time.
Sources
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
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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