Biography contributed by Sharlene Rumney in addition to Community Contribution
Emma Jane Knowles had also signed the 1892 suffrage petition.
Emma Jane’s future daughter-in-law Mary L Retemeyer signed sheet 508.
On the 20th of December 1893 at St John’s Church, Feilding; Mary Louisa Retemeyer married Henry Walter Knowles, the eldest son of Henry Hamilton and Emma Jane Knowles of Makino.
Henry Hamilton Knowles died at their residence on Ferguson Street, Palmerston North on the 21st of September 1915 and Emma Jane Knowles died at their residence one week later, on the 30th of September 1915. Henry and Emma Knowles are buried at Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North.
Sources
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/about-the-petition - 1892 suffrage petition Excel spreadsheet
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers (all newspaper articles below from Papers Past)
Feilding Star (21 December 1893, issue 197)
Manawatu Standard (21 September 1915, issue 10181)
Manawatu Standard (30 September 1915, issue 10189)
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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