Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Annie Pickett was born about 1860 in Ireland - she emigrated to New Zealand in the mid 1870’s.
Annie married printer Thomas Lawson in Palmerston, north of Dunedin, on 25 November 1878.
They had five sons and lived in Palmerston and Timaru before moving to Dunedin.
When Annie signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Forth Street.
Thomas died in 1906 – he was buried in the Northern Cemtery.
Annie died at her son’s home in Burnside on 8 August 1938 – she was cremated and her ashes were scattered.
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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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