suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Collins
Given names: 
Clara
Given address: 
Cumberland Street
Sheet No: 93
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Clara Evelyn Collins was born in 1875 in New Zealand - the daughter of James Collins, an engineer, and Emma Gill.

When she signed the suffrage petition Clara was living with her family in Cumberland St, Dunedin.

She married Valentine Smith, a butcher, on 15 June 1904 at St John’s Church, Feilding, they had two children.

Clara died on 13 November 1914 of heart failure while having an operation in hospital.

She is buried in the Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford.

Sources

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

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

PapersPast https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Stratford District Council https://www.stratford.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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