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Mrs A. J. Wynn

Signed family name
Wynn
Signed given name
Mrs A. J.
Given address
St Andrew St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Lavinia Moore was born about 1860 in Kent, England – the daughter of William Moore, a joiner, & Elizabeth Shipman.

After her father’s death Lavinia emigrated to Otago in 1874 on the Peter Denny with her mother & siblings.

She married Alfred Joseph Wynn, an undertaker, in 1886 & they had 7 children.

When Lavinia signed the suffrage petition the family were living in St Andrew St, Dunedin. Alfred died in 1934, he is buried in the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin.

Lavinia died on September 17th 1948, she is buried in the Motueka Cemetery.

Sources

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Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.