suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Yates
Given names: 
Barbara
Given address: 
Russells flat
Sheet No: 188
Town/Suburb: 
Russells Flat
City/Region: 
Canterbury
Notes: 

Biographical information provided by Briar Barry for the He Tohu exhibition:

Barbara was married to John Wills Yates, a farmer at Russell’s Flat in Canterbury. John was Chairman of the Russell’s Flat School Committee and Barbara was an accomplished pianist, performing at community events. They had three children, Isabella, Mary Elizabeth and John Charles Edwards.

Barbara died in 1919, aged 76 and is buried alongside her husband and daughter Isabella at Addington Cemetery in Christchurch. 

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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