suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Beck
Given names: 
Eliza
Given address: 
Upper Walker St
Sheet No: 90
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Also signed as 96 Mrs J Beck

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Eliza Ethel Beck was born in New Zealand in 1879 – the daughter of Jabez Beck and Eliza Musgrove Growden.

Eliza (known as Ethel) married Frederick Youngman Milnes, of Queenstown, at her father’s house 'Te Whare Pai' in Maitland St, Dunedin, on 27 September 1905.

They had three children and lived in Queenstown for some years before moving to Dunedin.

Eliza Ethel died on 14 December 1942 and Frederick died in 1951. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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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