Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Edith Jane Govan was born in 1867 in New Zealand – the daughter of Alexander Govan, a carpenter, and Bertha Margaret Bateman.
When she signed the suffrage petition Edith was living with her family in Burnside, Dunedin.
She married Alexander Lonsdale Boldero, a miner, in 1902 and they had two children.
In 1907 Alexander died in an accident at the Nelson Brick, Pottery & Tile Co. works when he was entangled in some clay-laden trucks and his neck was broken.
Edith re-married in 1909 to John Blake Hunter, a widower and compositor.
Shortly after their marriage they moved to Riverton in Southland where John died in 1925, he is buried in the Riverton Cemetery.
Edith died on 9 November 1947, she was cremated and her ashes scattered.
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
Southland District Council https://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/