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Norah Walsham

Signed family name
Walsham
Signed given name
Norah
Given address
Frederic St Dunedin
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

The 1893 electoral roll confirms Frederick St. She is the daughter of Fanny Walsham who signed above her.

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Norah Jane Walsham was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of Joseph Walsham, a labourer, and Fanny Carson. (See 98 Fanny Walsham)

When she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Frederick St, Dunedin working as a tailoress.

Norah married Philip John Howard Hatton, a labourer, in 1911 and they had one daughter.

Norah died on 1 December 1922 and Philip died in 1940, they are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.