Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Annie Elizabeth Lakeman was born in 1872 in Victoria, Australia – the daughter of Alfred Lakeman and Agnes Ann Henderson Lake. (See 72 Agnes Lakeman)
She sailed for Otago with her family in 1873 and they settled in Dunedin.
They moved to Gore in the 1880’s where Annie signed the suffrage petition.
Annie died in Gore on 20 December 1951 - she is buried in the family grave in the Gore Cemetery.
Sources:
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
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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