Originally transcribed as E Mc Barker
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth McGregor was born about 1840 in Scotland.
She married William Barker, a contractor, on 1 March 1864 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
They came to New Zealand in the mid-1860s and had, at least, four children.
They lived for a time on Stewart Island before moving to Bluff where Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition.
William died at their home in 1907 and Elizabeth died on 8 August 1912, they are buried together in the Bluff Cemetery.
Elizabeth’s obituary said 'in her day she was a prominent figure in the social life of the Bluff, and many friends will retain pleasant memories of her genial hospitality.'
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Invercargill City Council https://icc.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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