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