suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Wimpenny
Given names: 
A.
Given address: 
South Dunedin
Sheet No: 97
Town/Suburb: 
South Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Note: Also signed on page 147 as A. Wimpenny

Annie Wimpenny was born in Batley, Yorkshire in 1867 – the daughter of William Wimpenny, a blacksmith, & Martha Elizabeth Spencer.

Annie’s mother died in 1874 & later that year he married Charlotte Dransfield. (See 29 Mrs Wimpenny)

Annie emigrated to New Zealand about 1880 with her family & settled in Dunedin.

When she signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Cashel St, South Dunedin. 

Annie married Thomas Stanley Hopkins, a motorman, in 1901 & they had 3 children.

Annie died on 3 October 1927, she is buried in the Andersons Bay Cemetery. Thomas died in 1948, he was cremated & his ashes scattered.

Sources:

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

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

Free BDM: https://www.freebmd.org.uk

GRO England: https://www.gro.gov.uk

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

PapersPast: 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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