Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Wilhelmina Jack Gough was born in 1861 in Manchester, England – the daughter of Henry Gough and Catherine Easton Jack. (See 175 Catherine Gough)
Her father appears to have died in the 1860’s and Wilhelmina moved to her mother’s native Scotland with her family.
In 1890 Wilhelmina, accompanied by her mother and brother, emigrated to Otago on the “Langstone”.
They settled in Dunedin and when Wilhelmina signed the suffrage petition the family were living in High St.
She married John Bryce, a farmer, in 1893 and they had one son.
John died in 1913 and Wilhelmina died at her home on 6 September 1928 – they are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
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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