Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Joan Walker was born in 1867 in New Zealand in 1867 – the daughter of Archibald Walker and Joan Adams. (See 161 Mrs Walker)
When Joan signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Leith St, Dunedin working as a dressmaker.
She did not marry and after the death of her parents she remained in the family home in Cargill St.
She died on 17 May 1947 and is buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
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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