Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Lilias Augusta Hertslet was born about 1862 in New Zealand – the daughter of Henry Charles Hertslet and Fanny Orbell.
She married Robert Valpy Fulton, a doctor and surgeon, in 1890 and they had six children.
When Lilias signed the suffrage petition the family were living in George St, Dunedin.
Robert died in 1924 and Lilias died on 15 November 1955, at the age of 93. They are buried together in the West Taieri Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
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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