Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Christina Smith was born about 1854 in Scotland.
She emigrated to New Zealand about 1869 and she married Archibald Ferguson, a seaman, on 1 January 1883 in the Milton parish in South Otago.
They had two daughters and the family settled in Dunedin.
When Christina signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Baldwin St, Sunnydale, North East Valley.
Archibald died in 1938 and Christina died the following year on 25 January. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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
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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