Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Joan Adams was born on 23 October 1840 in Lanarkshire, Scotland – the daughter of John Adams and Magdalene McDonald.
She married Archibald Walker on 9 July 1862 in Glasgow and soon after they emigrated to New Zealand.
They had 10 children and lived, at first, in Great King St, Dunedin where Archibald ran a store with a bottle licence.
In 1880 the store was advertised for sale and when Joan signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Leith St and Archibald was working as a storeman.
Joan died at her home in Castle St on 16 August 1908 and Archibald died in 1909, they are buried in the family grave in the Northern 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