Born in Dunedin, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Albert Fenton
and Mary (Lister) Fenton
Sister of
Lucy Fenton, Amy Lister Fenton, William Albert Fenton, Reginald John Mapplebeck Fenton and George Herbert Roebuck Oceola Fenton
Wife of
William Rattray
— married
1 Mar 1883 in Auckland, New Zealand
Died
at age 76
in Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jun 2015
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Biography
Lizzie (Fenton) Rattray is Notable.
Lizzie (Fenton) Rattray signed the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition
Lizzie Frost Fenton was born in Dunedin, New Zealand the daughter of John Albert Fenton, an Anglican cleric, and his wife, Mary Lister on 12 March 1856. In 1871 the family was in England, lodging at Uckfield in Sussex. [1]
The family moved back to New Zealand and on 1 March 1883 Lizzie married William Rattray at Auckland.
Lizzie presented one of the 13 separate petitions that made up the 1893 Women's Suffrage petition.[2]
She died at Parnell, Auckland on 12 August 1931.
Sources
- ↑ 1871 Census of England
Uckfield, Sussex, EnglandFirst Name Last Name Relationship Marital Status Gender Age Occupation Birth Place Matilda Knowles Head Unmarried Female 65 Lodging house keeper Bromley, Kent Sarah Knowles Sister Unmarried Female 53 Lodging house keeper Bromley, Kent Bartemeo Peretto Visitor Married Male 48 Foreigner Italian subject Georgina Peretto Visitor Married Female 47 Foreigner Italian subject Jane Mary Couiqus Visitor Unmarried Female 51 General servant Jamaica Henrietta Martin Visitor Unmarried Female 53 - Ireland John Albert Fenton Lodger Married Male 50 Clergyman of the Church of England Sheffield, Yorkshire Mary Fenton Lodger Married Female 45 Wife of clergyman Pentrich, Derbyshire Lucy Fenton Lodger Unmarried Female 17 Scholar New Zealand Lizzie Frost Fenton Lodger Unmarried Female 16 Scholar New Zealand Amy Lister Fenton Lodger Unmarried Female 14 Scholar New Zealand William Albert Fenton Lodger Unmarried Male 12 Scholar New Zealand - ↑ Women and the vote Page 7 – About the suffrage petition https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/about-the-petition
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lizzie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lizzie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lizzie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lizzie:
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