Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Wilhelmina Antoinette Woodifield was born in 1868 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Paisley Woodifield, a printer, and Jane Elliott.
She married John Simpson McPeak, a cabinetmaker, on 31 May 1889 in Dunedin.
They had five children and when Wilhelmina signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Opoho.
John died in 1931 and Wilhelmina died on 30 May 1939 – 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/