Biographical information provided by the He Tohu exhibition:
Annie Elizabeth Knox was born in Ireland. She married Edward Porteous in 1878. Together they had three children: Margaret Jane in 1879, Annie Elizabeth in 1882 and Edward Ernest in 1895. Annie's husband Edward died in 1896, aged 44.
Annie and her daughter Annie Jnr lived in Dunedin together until Annie Snr's death in 1931. She was buried with her husband in the Dunedin North Cemetery.
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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