Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Elizabeth/Elspeth Clark was born about 1846 in Scotland – the daughter of Henry Clark, a carpenter, and Christian Heron. See (92 Christina Clark).
She emigrated to Otago with her parents in 1848 on the Blundell.
They settled in Dunedin for a few years before moving to the Tokomairiro where they lived at Clarkesville and had a farm.
Elizabeth married William Paton Tulloch, a farmer, on 5 February 1863 – they had eight children and lived at Glenore where Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition.
Three of their sons lived in Victoria and, in 1906, William died while visiting them – he is buried in the Bright Cemetery, Victoria.
Elizabeth died at her home 'Gold Bank', Glenore on 1 January 1908 – she is buried in the Glenore-Woolshed Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
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/
Going Abroad http://www.ngaiopress.com/drhocken.htm
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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