Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Helen/Ellen Ellis was born in 1868 in Dunedin – the daughter of John Ellis, a blacksmith, Ellen Paton. (See 63 Mrs Ellis)
When Ellen signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Duke St, Dunedin working as a bootfitter.
She did not marry and she died at the family home in Duke St on 28 August 1957.
Ellen is buried in the family grave 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
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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