suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Palmer
Given names: 
A. B.
Given address: 
Maori Hill
Sheet No: 124
Town/Suburb: 
North Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Ann Bella Pike was born about 1853 in County Derry, Ireland – the daughter of Isabella Pike. (See 124 Isabella Pike)

She emigrated to Otago in 1879 on the Westland accompanied by her sister Wilhelmina. (See 124 W M Pike)

Annabella married Daniel Palmer, a confectioner, in 1885, they had four children and when Annabella signed the suffrage petition they were living in Maori Hill, Dunedin.

Annabella died at her home on 15 February 1931 and Daniel died in 1949 – they are buried in the family grave 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

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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