Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Bethia Jane Strang was born in 1868 in New Zealand - the daughter of James Strang, a carpenter, and Barbara Lawson Brown. (See 42 Mrs Strang)
Bethia married Ralph Guthrie Waldie, a chemist, on 27 March 1891– they had no children.
When Bethia signed the suffrage petition they were living in Cargill Rd, South Dunedin.
Bethia died on 17 July 1931 and Ralph died in 1937, they are buried together 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
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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