Elizabeth Peline Good (Mitchell) Duncan (1895 - 1968)

Born 9 Oct 1895 in Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of John Philip Duncan — married 19 Oct 1920 in Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand

Died 19 Apr 1968 at age 72 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Biography

Elizabeth, known as Lizzie, was the daughter of Robert Mitchell and Elizabeth Good. She was one of 3 children in the Mitchell family to be born in Australia and later to be nicknamed 'Cherry'.

In 1920, Lizzie married Philip John Duncan and they settled in Owaka in the Clutha district where Philip worked as a Storekeeper.

In the 1950's, Cherry and Philip moved to St Kilda, Dunedin and bought the Mitchell family home at 48 Tedder Street. Robert Mitchell had provided for his unmarried daughters, Violet and Jessie and they lived next door at number 50.

Elizabeth Duncan passed away in 1968 aged 73 and her ashes are buried at Northern Cemetery, Dunedin. CREMATION - ASHES IN FAMILY PLOT.

Sources

• https://ancestry.com

Australia Birth index - reg no 31786

NZ electoral rolls

Marriage Folio 9607

• https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz 1920/10351 Lizzie Peline Good Mitchell Philip John Duncan

• https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=43064&type=Ashes%20Burial

• C Eason

Footnotes

Elizabeth Mitchell - birth recorded as Elizabeth Good Mitchell, marriage as Lizzie Peline Good Mitchell

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