Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Eliza was born about 1837 in Scotland.
She had a daughter with Alexander Frederick Moore in 1876 but Alexander appears to have been married in 1866 and his wife might have still been alive.
Alexander died in 1887 and when Eliza signed the suffrage petition she was living in Walker St, Dunedin.
She ran a business producing knitted goods and frequently advertised in the newspaper for machinists for the 'Lamb’s Knitting Machine'.
She died on 3 February 1915 and is buried with Alexander in the Southern 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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