Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Hardie was born on 23 February 1845 in Aberdeen, Scotland – the daughter of James Hardie, a stonemason, and Jane Pirie.
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1860 on the Henrietta.
Ann married James Neil, a herbalist/chemist, in 1868 and they had 10 children.
When Ann signed the suffrage petition the family were living in George St, Dunedin.
She died at her home on 15 February 1909, James died in 1914 and they are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
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