Surname:
Sorley
Given names:
W. Alice
Given address:
Feilding
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
W. Alice Sorley
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"Mrs Sorley was branch treasurer when the [Women’s Christian Temperance Union Feilding] branch formed, and a leader in most of the events and campaigns they undertook.
Alice (née Lethbridge) married Dr John Sorley in Whanganui in 1888, and in 1890, the couple moved to Feilding where she owned a large property in her own name. Alice Sorley shows up as a very strong supporter of temperance and had good reason to take this stance. In 1908 she left her husband, and in 1913 divorced him citing his “drunkenness and cruelty.”" https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300688884/back-issues-man...
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