Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Betsy Jane/Elizabeth Garthy was born about 1844 in Scotland. She married James McNab, a dairyman, in New Zealand in 1876. They had five children.
The McNab family lived in Mornington, Dunedin. James died in 1915 and Elizabeth/Betsy died on 21 December 1924. They are buried in the family grave in the Southern 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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