See also Caversham research databases
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Matilda Adeline Port was born about 1867 in Londonderry, Ireland.
She emigrated to Otago in 1883 on the Forfarshire and she married farmer Andrew Liddell on 12 August 1885 in the Waihola Parish.
They had 13 children and lived in Green Island and Caversham.
When Matilda signed the suffrage petition they were living in Sydney St, Caversham.
They later moved to Balfour where Andrew died in 1913 when his horse rolled on him.
Matilda died on 25 June 1948 – she is buried with Andrew in the Balfour 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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
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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