Surname:
Wynn
Given names:
Mrs A. J.
Given address:
St Andrew St
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
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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