A. Dall

Originally transcribed as A Wall

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Ann Robertson was born about 1819 in Scotland.

She married Thomas Dall, the manager of a factory manufacturing navy canvas, in the early 1840s.

Soon after their marriage Ann and Thomas settled in France where Thomas took charge of a large linen factory.

When the French Revolution broke out in 1848 Ann had to 'fly to Scotland with her family for safety. She returned to France, however, when affairs became settled again.'

In 1852 the family emigrated to Otago on the Slains Castle with six children- they had a further four children after their arrival and for the first four years they lived in North East Valley, Dunedin. During this time Thomas, with two bullocks, 'ploughed some eight acres in and about the Octagon.'

They then moved to 'Mount Steep farm' at Tokomairiro where they stayed until the mid 1880s when they retired to Dunedin.

Thomas died in 1891 and when Ann signed the suffrage petition she was living with some of her children in Forth Street.

Three of her daughter also signed the petition (See 110 Ewen Rea, 151 Mary Dall and 46 C Dall)

Ann died at her home on 9 June 1908, she is buried with Thomas and two of their daughters in the Northern Cemetery.

Her obituary said 'she was a very kind-hearted lady, and was held in the highest respect by all who knew her.'

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz