Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Browne was born about 1847 in Cork, Ireland – the daughter of Norman Browne.
She married James White Cornick, a boatman for the coast guard service, on 30 October 1872 in Seasalter, Kent, England.
They had two children in Kent before moving to Ireland where their third child was born.
In 1879 the family emigrated to Otago on the Routenbeck – their last child was born the following year.
When Ann signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Enfield in North Otago.
James died in 1899 at Seacliff and Ann died on 31 August 1901 at her daughter’s home in Georgetown. They are buried together in the Oamaru Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Waitaki District Council https://www.waitaki.govt.nz/our-services