Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Robina Elizabeth Russell Hughson, known as Ral, was born in 1877 in Riverton, New Zealand – the daughter of William Hughson, a school janitor, and Robina Margaret Russell. Her family moved to Dunedin in the 1880’s due to her father’s health problems and Robina worked as a dressmaker.
Robina did not marry and she died on 22 May 1927. She is buried with her parents in the Northern 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
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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