Signed family name
Wright
Signed given name
Mrs
Given address
Peninsula
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Matilda Andrews was born about 1842 in England.
She emigrated to New Zealand about 1861 and married William Wright, a farmer, in 1864.
They had nine children and lived at Highcliff on the Otago Peninsula.
William died at their home in 1890 - Matilda was still living in Highcliff when she signed the suffrage petition but soon after she moved into Dunedin.
She died at her daughter’s home on 2 August 1920 and is buried with William 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
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz