Surname:
Allan
Given names:
Eliza
Given address:
Castle St
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Eliza Robb Allan was born in 1878 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Allan, a draper, and Janet Morrison.
Eliza did not marry and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living in Castle St, Dunedin, working as a ladies nurse.
Eliza died on 7 April 1947 and is buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
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
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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