1893 Suffrage petition database

This database is a digitised version of the main suffrage petition submitted to Parliament in 1893. The name and address fields represent what appeared on the original sheets. The Suburb/Town and City/Region fields have been added to provide consistent information about the signatories' location. The 'more' link goes to a page where extra information can be added. Members of the public are encouraged to submit further information via community contributions or you can email us at [email protected]. Please refer to this guide for writing a suffrage petition biography from Archives New Zealand. Updates: each sheet number reference now links to a digital copy of the original sheet. Also, each entry with additional biographical information now displays as bold text.

Sheet No	Surname	First Names	Given address	Town/Suburb	City/Region
85	Duncan	Catherine	Eden St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Eustace	Elizabeth	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Eustace	Martha	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Fail	Ursula Jane	Eden Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Fisher	Martha	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Forsyth	Helen	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Frew	Isabella	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Gillan	Delia	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Gillies	Fanny L.	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Gilmour	Janet	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Gollar	Charlotte	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Greig	Sophia	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Harrison	Agnes	Union St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Humphrey	Mary	Eden Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Kay	Annie	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Keen	Elizabeth	Eden Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Kilpatrick	Eliza	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Knott	Martha K.	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Knowles	Annie	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Macdonald	Mary	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Macpherson	Marion	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Maitland	Clara	Union St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Martin	Isabella	Union St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	McInnes	Christina	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	McLeod	Isabella	Knotts Cottage Forth St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	McLeod	Margaret	Knotts Cottage Forth St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	McPhee	Martha	Harbor Terrace	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Mitchell	Kathleen	Cumberland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Nimmo	Agnes	Forth St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Offen	Miriam	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Paterson	Mary	Eden Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Pym	Elizabeth	Harbour Terrace	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Shepherd	Lavinia	Harbor Terrace	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Sproule	Ellen	Harbor Terrace	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Squire	Esther	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Stent	Janet	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Tayler	Christina	Anderson Bay	Andersons Bay	Dunedin	more...
85	Thomson	Jane	Union Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Tombs	Agnes	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
85	Tregear	Clara	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...

Note that some places are under-represented on this database as women may have signed smaller regional petitions which have not survived. Read more about the petitions here. On the table 'suburb' and 'city' refer to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin only - all other places are listed as towns and regions.

We are grateful to Archives New Zealand and the Ministry of Women for making the original petition transcripts available to us. Update (4 Dec 2013): each sheet number reference now links to a digital copy (pdf) of the original sheet. These sheets have recently been redigitised by Archives New Zealand.