Surname:
Bowers
Given names:
G.
Given address:
Leith St
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Georgina Mearns was born about 1853.
She married Captain David Bowers in 1867 in New Zealand & they had 10 children, 5 who died in infancy.
David died in 1886 & when Georgina signed the suffrage petition she was living in Leith St, Dunedin working as a ladies’ nurse.
She died on November 20th 1903 & is buried with David in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
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