Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Sarah Mitchell Auld was born in 1868 in New Zealand. The daughter of David Auld and Harriet Mitchell (See 170 Harriet Roberts)
Her parents appear to not have been married as her mother married John William Roberts in 1874.
Sarah married John William Green in 1889 in Victoria, Australia and they had two sons before they came to New Zealand about 1893.
When Sarah signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Pine Hill Terrace, North East Valley, Dunedin and John was working as a Government Insurance agent.
Their daughter was born in 1895 – she died the following year.
In 1899 Sarah suffered further loss when, in May 1899 their nine-year-old son William died followed by her husband John who died in July.
Sarah died on 8 September 1953 in Dunedin, she is buried with her family 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
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
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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