Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ida Lydia Burton was born in Leicestershire, England in 1865 – the daughter of Alfred Henry Burton, a photographer, and Lydia Taylor. (See 160 Lydia Burton)
She emigrated to Otago about 1869 with her family and they settled in Dunedin. She attended Kaikorai Primary School and Otago Girls High School.
In the 1900s she moved to Auckland where she was active in the Theosophical Society giving lectures on subjects such as 'Modern Science and the Higher Self' & 'The Reality of the Astral Plane' and held the position of secretary of the 'Society for the Protection of Women and Children and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' for over 18 years.
Ida died in Remuera, Auckland on 12 September 1952. She was cremated and her ashes buried in the Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Auckland Council https://www.aucklandcouncil.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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