Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Matilda Andrews was born about 1842 in England.
She emigrated to New Zealand about 1861 and married William Wright, a farmer, in 1864.
They had nine children and lived at Highcliff on the Otago Peninsula.
William died at their home in 1890 - Matilda was still living in Highcliff when she signed the suffrage petition but soon after she moved into Dunedin.
She died at her daughter’s home on 2 August 1920 and is buried with William 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
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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