Born in Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Frederick Bignell
and Jessie Isabella (Foote) Bignell
Sister of
Walter Charles Bignell, Ivy Maude Bignell, Bertha Edith Bignell, Stephen George Bignell and Bertha Edith (Bignell) Reynolds
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 78
in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Dec 2019
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Biography
Olive Emily Katherine was born on 4 September 1904[1], and her birth was registered at Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand[2]. She was the daughter of Frederick Bignell and Jessie Foote.
She married Walter Sheridan on 27 November 1929[3]. They had four children.
She died on 22 May 1983[4] at Stratford, Taranaki. She was buried in Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford, Plot 45, Block 48[5].
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration. Accessed 20 Dec 2019
- 1904/20368 Bignell, Olive Emily Katherine Mother=Jessie Father=Frederick DOB=04/09/1904
- ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche. Accessed 24 Nov 2021.
- View Ancestry Record 8949 #1847213 (requires subscription).
- ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Marriage Registration. Accessed 20 Dec 2019
- 1929/3775 Bride=Olive Emily Catharine Bignell Groom=Walter Sheridan DOM=27/11/1929
- ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Death Registration. Accessed 20 Dec 2019
- 1983/30369 Sheridan, Olive Emily Katherine DOB=4 September 1904 DOD=22/05/1983
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218590234/olive-emily_katherine-sheridan : accessed 20 November 2021), memorial page for Olive Emily Katherine Bignell Sheridan (4 Sep 1904–22 May 1983), Find A Grave: Memorial #218590234, citing Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford, Stratford District, Taranaki, New Zealand ; Maintained by theosmum (contributor 48201822).
- Biography written by Margaret Bailey Allison
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