Surname:
Edinger
Given names:
F.
Given address:
Nairn Street
Notes:
Biographical information provided by Stefanie Lash, Archives New Zealand, for the He Tohu exhibition:
Florence Richards was born around 1874 in Kent, and married Sidney Edinger, an accountant, in Wellington in 1891. They were both children of clergymen; Florence’s father being the clerk of St Peter’s in Wellington. It is not known when her family migrated here.
The couple lived on Nairn St in central Wellington and had eight children. Florence has signed the Women’s Suffrage Petition with many of her neighbours.
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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