Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Augusta Caroline Louisa Beissel was born in 1872 in New Zealand – the daughter of Franz Beissel, a hairdresser, and Caroline Wilhelmina Gohring.
Augusta attended the Normal School in Dunedin; she was awarded a first class award in 1883 while in the Third Standard.
When she signed the suffrage petition Augusta was living in Cargill St, Dunedin, with her family.
Augusta did not marry, and she died on 2 December 1962 and was cremated.
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
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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