Surname:
Ayson
Given names:
Adelaide
Given address:
Gore
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Adelaide Ayson was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Ayson, a farmer, and Mary Ann Giffen. (See 76 M Ayson)
When Adelaide signed the suffrage petition she was living on the family farm at Waikaka.
Adelaide died at Waikaka on 23 September 1906 – she is buried in the family grave in the Warepa Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
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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