suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Morton
Given names: 
Susanna
Given address: 
Gore
Sheet No: 76
Town/Suburb: 
Gore
City/Region: 
Southland
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Susanna Carpenter was born in 1866 in Somerset, England – the daughter of James Carpenter, a shoemaker, and Hester Gadd.

In 1874 the family boarded the Dunedin bound for Canterbury.

They settled in Southland where Susanna married James Morton, a farmer, on 14 June 1887 in the Woodlands parish.

They had 13 children and when Susanna signed the suffrage petition at Gore they were living at, nearby, Pukerau.

In later life they retired to Timaru where James died in 1921.

Susanna died at her daughter’s home in Mosgiel on 3 November 1940 – they are buried together in the Timaru Cemetery.

Sources:

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

Family Search   https://www.familysearch.org

GRO England  https://www.gro.gov.uk

Otago Nominal Index    http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

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

Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/           

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.

Community contributions

2 comments have been posted about Susanna Morton

What do you know?

Jamie M

Posted: 27 May 2019

Hi Jim - we'd love to have more information about her. If you are keen, here are some guidelines fo submitting a short biography: http://archives.govt.nz/writing-biography-guide-1893-womens-suffrage-petition

Jim Morton

Posted: 27 May 2019

This lady is my wonderful Grandmother.