Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Blackwood was born about 1838 in Milngavie, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the daughter of Ann Campbell.
She married John Brown, a carpenter, on 4 December 1857 in New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire. The following year Ann and John, accompanied by Ann’s mother, emigrated to Otago on the Strathfieldsaye.
They had at least ten children and lived in London St, Dunedin.
John died in 1905 and Ann died on 10 August 1918. They are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
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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