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Women and the vote

Page 6 – Women's suffrage petition

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
497 Pearse Elizabeth Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Petersen Mrs Eva Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Prouse Christina Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Prouse Clara A. Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Purcell Eliza Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Rhodes Annie Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Rose Rosetta Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Rowden L. Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Salmans Rachel Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Searancke Fannie Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Sedcole Martha Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Sigglekow Fredrika Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Stuckey Ellen Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
497 Williscroft E.A.D. Bulls Bulls Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
498 Kennedy H. A. Wellington No suburb given Wellington more...
498 Kennedy Laura Wellington No suburb given Wellington more...
498 Kennedy A. Wellington No suburb given Wellington more...
498 Kennedy A. Wellington No suburb given Wellington more...
499 Ancel Mary Ann Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Badley Edith Shakespeare Road Napier Napier Hawke's Bay more...
499 Baldwin Emma Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Ballantine Mary Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Barrott Eliza Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Barrott Bessie Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Brightwell Annie B. Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Cockerell Emily Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Cole Lilian S. Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Cosgrove Johnna Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Cox Frances J. Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Cranford Marian C. Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Crawford Emily Constance Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Crawford Annie Louise Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Dobbyn Margaret Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Dorch Dorothea Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Gillam Mary Jane Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Goff Hannah Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Hall Mary Ellen Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Hancock Cathrine Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Hawken Eliza Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...
499 Hayward Sarah Woodville Woodville Hawke's Bay more...

How to cite this page

Women's suffrage petition, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated