Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Fanny Garlick was born about 1823 in Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England – the daughter of Henry Garlick and Ann.
She married bricklayer James Wilson in 1842 and they had five children, four who appear to have died in infancy.
In 1855 Fanny and John accompanied by their daughter Hannah emigrated to Victoria, Australia on the Epsom.
They had a further four children in Victoria before they sailed for New Zealand and settled in Dunedin where their last two children were born.
When Fanny signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Castle Street.
James died in 1896 and Fanny died on 10 June 1897 at her daughter’s home in Dunedin – they are buried together 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.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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