Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Emma Jessie Stuart Sandilands was born in 1864 in New Zealand – the daughter of Richard Sandilands and Ann Bremner.
In 1890 Emma married Thomas Henry Rix, a compositor and lay preacher.
Thomas was a divorcee with three children. Emma and Thomas had a daughter together and when Emma signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Opoho Rd, Dunedin.
Thomas died at Dunedin Hospital in 1923 and Emma died on 5 June 1939, they are buried in the family grave 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz