Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Barbara Logan was born about 1854 in Glasgow, Scotland – the daughter of Malcolm Logan, a store keeper, and Barbara Barr.
She married James Morrison, an engineer, on 31 December 1872 in Glasgow.
They had two daughters, one who died in infancy, before they emigrated to Otago in 1875 on the Oamaru accompanied by Barbara’s 12-year-old brother David.
They had, at least, five further children after their arrival and when Barbara signed the suffrage petition the family was living in Waverley St, South Dunedin.
James died in 1929, he is buried with their son Malcolm in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Four years later Barbara sold her home and contents, presumably to live with her daughter Mary in Christchurch.
She died at her daughter’s home in Fendalton on 7 August 1939 - she is buried in the Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch.
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
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Christchurch City Council http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.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.
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