Originally transcribed as Mrs Maceldown
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Betsy Ann/Annie Nichol Ferguson Whyte was born on 5 August 1850 in Perthshire, Scotland – the daughter of James Whyte, a proprietor of land, and Margaret Laing.
She married William Macildowie, a clerk, on 9 October 1879 in Glasgow and they emigrated to New Zealand.
When Annie signed the suffrage petiton she was living in Allandale Rd, St Clair, Dunedin.
In 1894 William committed suicide 'while temporarily insane'.
Annie died later that year on 29 December – they are buried together in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
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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