Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Ann McDougall was born in New Zealand in 1871 – the daughter of Donald McDougall, a platelayer, and Jemima Thomson.
When she signed the suffrage petition Ann was living with her family in Palmerston working as a dressmaker.
She married George Hatcher, a coach driver, at her home on April 28th 1897. They had 4 children, one who died in infancy.
In the 1900s the family moved to a farm at Wickliffe Bay on the Otago Peninsula for a short time.
George died in Dunedin in 1912 – two years later their 9 year old Rita also died.
Ann died on March 26th 1943 in Dunedin. She is buried with George in the family grave in the Portobello Cemetery.
Sources
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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