The 1893 electoral roll lists her as living at Kirkland Hill, Roslyn, Dunedin
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Christina Vere Buchannan Wilson was born on 23 April 1842 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland - the daughter of Andrew Houston Wilson, a baker, and Isabella Buchanan.
She came to New Zealand with her father and sister in the 1860s and married Adam Christie Sinclair, a riveter, in 1868.
They had nine children, two of who died in infancy.
When Christina signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Main Taieri Rd in the Kirkland Hill subdivision of Dunedin.
Christina died at her home on 4 August 1901 and Adam died in 1926, they are buried in the family grave in the Southern 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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