suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Brown
Given names: 
Charlotte
Given address: 
Helena Street
Sheet No: 70
Town/Suburb: 
South Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Mary Charlotte Osborne was born in Hawkwell, Essex in 1850, the daughter of John Osborne, an agricultural labourer, and Mary Ann Moulton. Charlotte’s father died in 1852 and four years later her mother married Isaac/James Callick. 

In 1877 Charlotte arrived in Otago on the Marlborough, she was accompanied by her mother, step-father, sister and two step siblings.

In 1888 Charlotte married Thomas Brown, they had two children – a daughter who lived only three minutes and a son, Arthur.

On 10 June 1908 Thomas Brown "disappeared from his home in Helena St – he had been suffering from melancholia for some time – his body was found hanging in the bush at Caversham" the next day.

Arthur died in 1913, at his mother’s residence in Helena St, aged 21. When Charlotte died on 4 March 1922 she had no direct descendants and her estate was divided between her surviving siblings and their families. Her sister Sarah Stanley also signed sheet 70 of the petition. 

Charlotte is buried in the Southern Cemetery with her family.   

Sources 

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
BDM online NZ  https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Papers Past  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Family Search  https://www.familysearch.org

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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1 comment has been posted about Charlotte Brown

What do you know?

Mike Stanley

Posted: 03 Aug 2018

The person shown as Mary Charlotte was my GGGrandmothers sister, and Mary Ann Moulton was my GGGGrandmother. I'd love to know where this information was found as it varies significantly from my research.
My research shows Mary Ann Moulton as Mary Ann Sewell and she married John Osborne, they had two daughters Charlotte Mary born circa 1850 in Rainham, Essex and Sarah Ann. After Johns death Mary Ann married Isaac Callick.