Surname:
Leslie
Given names:
Ellen
Given address:
Filleul St Dunedin
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ellen Ford was born about 1858 in Ireland – the daughter of Walter Ford and Ellen.
She emigrated to Lyttleton with her parents in 1861 on the Rhea Sylvia.
Ellen married George Leslie, a seaman, on 24 August 1881 in Dunedin. They had 11 children and lived in Dunedin.
When Ellen signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Filleul Street.
George later worked as a telegraph lineman & a fireman.
George died in 1930 and Ellen died on 18 July 1937, they are buried together in the Northern 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.
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