suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Walsham
Given names: 
Fanny
Given address: 
Frederic St Dunedin
Sheet No: 98
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

The 1893 electoral roll confirms Frederick St. She is the daughter of Fanny Walsham who signed above her.

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Fanny Walsham Jnr was born in 1858 in Victoria, Australia – the daughter of Joseph Walsham, a labourer, and Fanny Carson. (See 98 Fanny Walsham)

She came to Otago with her family in 1863 on the Hydra and they settled in Dunedin.

When Fanny signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Frederick St, Dunedin working as a boot machinist.

She married Alexander Bell, a labourer, in 1911, they do not appear to have had any children.

Fanny died on 8 February 1937 and Alexander died in 1950, they are both buried in the Northern Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au

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

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.

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