Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Ann Garlick was born about 1831 in Yorkshire, England – the daughter of Henry Garlick, an agricultural labouer, and Ann.
She emigrated to New Zealand and she married Hinrich/Henry Klahn, a storekeeper, in 1862.
They had 6 children. One died in 1865 aged 2 days and during a 7 day period in August 1874 they lost a further 3 children from diphtheria.
In 1869 their 6 year old daughter Annie died leaving them with one remaining child, Clara.
They lived at Scarborough House at Kuri Bush, south of Dunedin where they ran a “Comfortable Seaside Board and Residence”, offering “Accommodation for Wedding, Picnic Parties and Families”.
In the late 1880s they moved to St Clair in Dunedin where they ran the Pacific Refreshment Rooms offering board and residence, close to the baths. This is where Ann signed the suffrage petition.
Henry died in 1904 and the following year the Refreshment Rooms were sold and Ann bought a confectionery business in King St, Dunedin.
She died at Clara’s home on January 1st 1913 and is buried with Henry in the Southern Cemetery.