Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Christina McAskill was born about 1849 in Barvas, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland – the daughter of John McAskill, a crofter, and Mary Martin.
She emigrated to New Zealand in 1887 with her sister Catherine (See 151 Catherine Dodd) on the Kaikoura.
When she signed the suffrage petition Christina was living in Leith St, Dunedin.
She died at her sister Catherine’s home on 18 July 1926 and is buried in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
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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