Biography contributed by Wendy Napier-Walker
H Bateman was likely to be Henrietta Smith born c.1866.
In 1889 she married Charles Riley Bateman, the son of Henry Bateman and Ellen Strudwick. Charles was a Bricklayer.
In 1893 at the time that she signed the Petition she was living in Leonard Street, Waimate.
In 1911 Charles and Henrietta were living in Timaru Road, Waimate. In 1938 Henrietta was living at 103 Parsonage Road, Waimate.
Charles Bateman died on 20 November 1931 age 68 years and Henrietta Bateman died on 5 October 1944 age 78 years in Waimate. Both are buried in the Waimate cemetery, New Methodist section Plot 0015NME000136. They are in an unmarked grave.
A number of Bateman family members also signed the Petition – See sheet 233.
Sources:
NZ DIA Marriage Index 1889/2423 Henrietta Smith/Charles Riley Bateman
NZ DIA Death Index 1931/10600 – Charles Riley Bateman
Findagrave – Charles Riley Bateman
NZ DIA Death Index 1944/29919 – Henrietta Bateman
Waimate District Council cemetery online database
Ancestry – New Zealand Electoral Rolls