Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Grace Wilson was born about 1824 in Scotland.
She emigrated to New Zealand and, on 19 August 1876, she married John Wilson, a tailor, in Dunedin.
John was a widower with, at least five children.
When Grace signed the suffrage petition they were living in Anderston Rd, Kaikorai.
John died at their home in 1901 and Grace died at her niece’s home in Dunedin on 14 August 1918 – they are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources :
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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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