Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ellen Bolton was born in New Zealand in 1865 – the daughter of William Bolton, a goods porter, and Ellen Barrow.
She married Charles Grey, a clerk, on 21 April 1886 at Milburn, South Otago.
They had two daughters and when Ellen signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Duncan St, Dunedin.
They later moved to Oamaru where Charles died in 1933, Ellen died on 8 July 1945. They are buried together in the Oamaru 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
Waitaki District Council https://www.waitaki.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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