suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Roberts
Given names: 
Elizabeth
Given address: 
Caversham
Sheet No: 57
Town/Suburb: 
Caversham
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Elizabeth Fairley was born on 21 January 1838 in Edinburgh, Scotland – the daughter of George Fairley, a licenced victualler, and Elizabeth Chalmers. 

She emigrated to Otago with her two sisters and brother in 1858 on the Three Bells.

Elizabeth married William John Roberts, a customs officer, on 28 March 1860 in Dunedin.

They had a daughter the following year (See 57 E C Head).

William died in 1867 and when Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition she was living in Smith St, Caversham.

She died on 29 December 1905 and is buried in the Southern Cemetery with William.

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       

See also Caversham research databases

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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