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Hannah Fitzgerald

Signed family name
Fitzgerald
Signed given name
Hannah
Given address
Ngapara
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Ngapara
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Hannah Fitzgerald was born about 1846 in Ireland.

She emigrated to Otago with her husband Peter, a labourer, in 1874 on the Caroline and they settled in North Otago.

In November 1887 a 'benefit concert and dance, in aid of Peter Fitzgerald' was held in the Awamoko schoolroom, Peter died one month later.

Hannah signed the suffrage petition at Ngapara, she died on 17 May 1893 and is buried with Peter in the Georgetown Cemetery.

Sources

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

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Waitaki District Council https://www.waitaki.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.