Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Annie Walker was born about 1869, possibly in England – the daughter of Isaac Walker, a carpenter, and Jane. (See 112 Jane Walker)
She grew up in Lawrence in Central Otago before moving to Dunedin with her family in the early 1890s.
When Annie signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Jones St, South Dunedin (now Calder St) working as a tailoress.
She married David Dickison, a striker, on 5 December 1900 at her parent’s home and they had one son.
David died at their home in South Dunedin in 1925 and Annie died on 15 August 1951 in Hokitika.
They are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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