Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Catherine Booker was born in New Zealand in 1868 – the daughter of William Booker and Mary Swindell.
She lived in Maitland St, Dunedin with her parents and worked as a book sewer. She did not marry. Her sister, Lydia Mary, also signed the petition.
Catherine died on 7 March 1905 at 181 Maitland St, aged 36. She is buried in the family grave in the Southern 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
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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