Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Allison Hood Ronald was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of Archibald Ronald, a ploughman, and Isabella Aitchison.
When she signed the suffrage petition Allison was living with her family in Kaikorai, Dunedin.
She married labourer Edmund Rowe on 4 October 1893 and they lived in Kaikorai Valley.
Edmund died in 1950 and Allison died on 24 April 1952 – they are buried together 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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/