Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Anna/Annie Drummond Smith was born on 3 January 1835 in Edinburgh, Scotland – the daughter of James Smith, a coach lace maker, and Sophia Smith.
She married William Henderson, a weighbridge keeper about 1861 and they emigrated to Otago shortly afterwards.
They had at least eight children and lived in Duncan St, Dunedin where Anna signed the suffrage petition.
She died at her home on 14 December 1909 and William died in 1917.
They are buried with two of their daughters in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
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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