Signed family name
Manton
Signed given name
P.
Given address
Oamaru
Notes
Originally transcribed as P. Manten
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Phoebe Ellen Manton was born in New Zealand in 1872 – the daughter of Charles Manton, a carter, and Emma Topp.
She grew up in Oamaru and when Phoebe signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Wharf Street working as a dressmaker.
She married James Stewart in 1910, they do not appear to have had any children.
James died in 1937 and Phoebe died on 9 April 1956 – they are buried together in the Oamaru Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/