Open/Close Toolbox
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License
Format: Person
Linked To
Place
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand LicenseThis licence lets you distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon this work, even commercially, as long as you credit us for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of the licences offered, in terms of what you can do with our works licensed under Attribution.
Menu
Elizabeth Seay
Description
TitleElizabeth Seay
Alternative NameElizabeth BarrSummaryA woman of Selwyn who signed the 1893 Suffrage petitionDescription1892 petition 449/255
p185 Elizabeth Barr Annat
no 137 Elizabeth Barr, AnnatFirst NameElizabeth Last NameSeayDate of Birth16 July 1865Place of BirthHalswell, Christchurch, CanterburyDate of Death4 July 1933Place of DeathChristchurch, CanterburyAge at Death67Parents or Next of KinThomas Seay
Ellen NixonOther Biographical InformationElizabeth Seay was born in Halswell, Christchurch on July 16 1865, daughter of Thomas Seay and Ellen, nee Nixon. She was the first of the children to be born in New Zealand. Her parents had arrived from County Down in Ireland, with the two eldest children in 1863 and and had settled about 1874 in Springfield to farm.
Elizabeth married James Barr, second son of James Porteous Barr of Mountainview Farm, at her father's home in Springfield on May 12 1886. The Barr family were well involved in the community, supporting the school in Annat and also the local branch of the Band Of Hope. Elizabeth signed the 1892 Petition on page 449/255 and then the 1893 Suffrage Petition on page no 185. She was enrolled to vote in 1893 as number 137 on the Roll. Sadly their daughter Agnes had died in August before the election. In same year her husband James was declared bankrupt but after time as a stock agent, returned to farming. Elizabeth died in 1933 and was buried with her parents in Linwood Cemetery.
Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14088, 6 July 1911, Page 9
Lyttelton Times, Volume LXV, Issue 7861, 17 May 1886, Page 4.
Press, Volume L, Issue 8598, 27 September 1893, Page 6
Alternative NameElizabeth BarrSummaryA woman of Selwyn who signed the 1893 Suffrage petitionDescription1892 petition 449/255p185 Elizabeth Barr Annat
no 137 Elizabeth Barr, Annat
First NameElizabeth Last NameSeayDate of Birth16 July 1865Place of BirthHalswell, Christchurch, CanterburyDate of Death4 July 1933Place of DeathChristchurch, CanterburyAge at Death67Parents or Next of KinThomas SeayEllen Nixon
Other Biographical InformationElizabeth Seay was born in Halswell, Christchurch on July 16 1865, daughter of Thomas Seay and Ellen, nee Nixon. She was the first of the children to be born in New Zealand. Her parents had arrived from County Down in Ireland, with the two eldest children in 1863 and and had settled about 1874 in Springfield to farm. Elizabeth married James Barr, second son of James Porteous Barr of Mountainview Farm, at her father's home in Springfield on May 12 1886. The Barr family were well involved in the community, supporting the school in Annat and also the local branch of the Band Of Hope. Elizabeth signed the 1892 Petition on page 449/255 and then the 1893 Suffrage Petition on page no 185. She was enrolled to vote in 1893 as number 137 on the Roll. Sadly their daughter Agnes had died in August before the election. In same year her husband James was declared bankrupt but after time as a stock agent, returned to farming. Elizabeth died in 1933 and was buried with her parents in Linwood Cemetery.
Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14088, 6 July 1911, Page 9
Lyttelton Times, Volume LXV, Issue 7861, 17 May 1886, Page 4.
Press, Volume L, Issue 8598, 27 September 1893, Page 6
Connections
PlaceAnnatSpringfield
SpringfieldMilitary Service
Memorial or CemeteryLinwood Cemetery, Christchurch
Attribution
Elizabeth Seay. Selwyn Stories, accessed 15/06/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/5577