Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Emilie Hewitt was born in 1867 in New Zealand – the daughter of George Hewitt, a carpenter, and Ann Bussey Hubie.
She grew up in Dunedin and when she signed the suffrage petition Emilie was living with her family in Cannongate working as a saleswoman.
She married accountant Walter Morris in 1896 and they continued to live in Canongate where Walter died in 1922.
Emilie died in Dunedin on 11 February 1942 – she is buried with Walter 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
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz