Surname:
Binnie
Given names:
Mrs
Given address:
Castle Street
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Amy Amelia Cursey was born in Hobart, Tasmania on August 24th 1865, the daughter of Daniel Cursey, a mariner, and Sarah Eyles.
She came to Otago with her family in the 1870s. She married Nesbit Galloway Binnie, a clicker, on February 22nd 1888 in Dunedin.
They had three children, and when Amy signed the suffrage petition they were living in Castle St, Dunedin.
In the late 1890s they moved to Wellington, where Nesbit died in July 1927.
Amy died later that year on December 6th. They are buried together in the Karori 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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