Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth Sheeran was born on 18 June 1860 at Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland – the daughter of Michael Sheeran, a pawnbroker, and Sarah Gilligan.
In 1884 Elizabeth arrived in Otago on the Victory with her mother, two siblings and a cousin. Her father had presumably come earlier.
Elizabeth did not marry. She died on 2 August 1912 and is buried in a 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
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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