suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Townsend
Given names: 
L G.
Given address: 
Bluff Harbour
Sheet No: 341
Town/Suburb: 
Bluff
City/Region: 
Southland
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Laura/Louisa Townsend was born in 1866 in New Zealand – although her death record gives her the birth date of about 1876.

She was the daughter of Charles Townsend and Elizabeth Georgina. (See 341 E G Townsend)

When Laura signed the suffrage petition she was living with her mother and sister in Bluff.

She married William Weir in 1899, they had no children.

She died on 17 January 1907 at Alexandra and is buried in the Alexandra Cemetery.

Sources

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

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

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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