Originally transcribed as Mrs Hey
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Annie Elizabeth Tyrrell was born in London in 1862 – the daughter of Thomas Tyrell, a baker, and Emma Thomas.
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1880 on the Canterbury and they settled in Dunedin.
Annie married John Hay, a plumber in 1892 & when she signed the suffrage petition they were living in Opoho, Dunedin.
They had four children and, in 1908, they moved to Gisborne where John died in 1934.
Annie died at her son’s home in Feilding on 14 November 1941 - she is buried with John in the Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne.
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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/