Surname:
Simon
Given names:
Edith
Given address:
Castle St
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Edith Mathews was born in 1861 in Victoria, Australia – the daughter of John Mathews and Fanny England.
As an infant Edith came to New Zealand with her family and they settled in Dunedin.
Edith married Thomas Simon, a draper, in 1890 and they had 3 children.
When she signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Castle St, Dunedin.
They moved to Invercargill a few years later, then to Timaru before retiring to Christchurch.
Edith died in Christchurch on January 12th 1948. She was cremated.
Thomas died in 1955, also in Christchurch.
Sources
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
Community contributions