Signed family name
Banks
Signed given name
H.
Given address
Reefton
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Henrietta Elizabeth Francis was born on 9 October 1863 in South Australia – the daughter of Henry Francis and Grace Harvey Bowden.
She came to New Zealand with her parents around 1873 and she married John Banks, a blacksmith, in 1882.
They had 10 children, two who died in infancy and one in early childhood.
When Henrietta signed the suffrage petition they were living in Reefton.
John died at their home in 1915 and Henrietta died on 27 January 1946 – they are buried together in the Reefton Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/