Originally transcribed as Hetty Beansgrove
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Henrietta Ann Bransgrove was born in 1868 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Bransgrove, a butcher, and Sarah Sophia Adcock. (See 98 Sarah Bransgrove)
After a short time living in Melbourne Henrietta’s family settled in Dunedin and when she signed the suffrage petition they were living in Great King St.
She married Robert Henry Wilson, a sign writer, on 20 July 1893 at Tahlee House, Forest Lodge, Sydney, Australia.
They had two sons and settled in Dunedin.
Robert died in Christchurch in 1953 and Henrietta died on 1 May 1960, they are buried together in the Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Christchurch City Council http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com
NSW Government https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/
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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