suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Davidson
Given names: 
Isabella
Given address: 
Cumberland St
Sheet No: 60
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Isabella McNay Brown was born about 1838. She married Thomas Henry Davidson, a marine engineer, on 6 May 1864 at Port Chalmers near Dunedin.

Soon after their marriage Isabella and Thomas moved to Victoria, Australia, where they had two daughters, one dying in infancy. They were back in New Zealand by 1870 where their next daughter was born, followed by two sons and another daughter. The family lived in Dunedin and, when Isabella signed the suffrage petition, they were living in Cumberland St.

Isabella died on 12 September 1907 and Thomas died in 1910. They are buried together in the Northern Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
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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