Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Fanny Heath was born in 1862 in Victoria, Australia – the daughter of Joseph Heath and Mary Ann Matilda Chesterman.
She married James John Wingham, an engine driver, on 3 March 1879 in North Otago.
They had 12 children and when Fanny signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Gore.
They later moved to Timaru where James died in 1915 and Fanny died on 30 June 1917 – they are buried together in the Timaru Cemetery.
Her obituary said she “was an artiste of more than ordinary ability and her paintings were much admired and highly prized.”
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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