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Fanny Davies

Signed family name
Davies
Signed given name
Fanny
Given address
Maria St South Dunedin
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
South Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Fanny Davies was born in 1874 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Davies, an engineer, and Susan. (See 65 Susan Davies)

When Fanny signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Maria St, South Dunedin.

She married William James McCutcheon, a woolclasser, in 1908 – they had no children.

William died in Christchurch in 1920, he is buried in the Sydenham Cemetery.

Fanny died on 12 October  1932 in Dunedin, 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

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Christchurch City Council http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.