Surname:
Bowman
Given names:
Ellen
Given address:
Palmerston
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Ellen/Helen Philip was born in 1869 in New Zealand, the daughter of David Philip, a farmer, and Jane Elder.
She married James Bowman, a railway guard, on December 9th 1891 in the Palmerston parish. They had 2 children.
When Ellen signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Palmerston. They later lived in Lawrence and Dunedin before retiring to Christchurch.
Ellen died there on July 30th 1926 and James died in 1932. They are buried together in the Sydenham Cemetery.
Sources
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
Community contributions