Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Marriott was born about 1822 in Nottinghamshire, England. She married Thomas Morris, an agricultural labourer, in 1844 and they had seven children, two who died in infancy.
In 1858 the family emigrated to Otago on the Nourmahal – their eighth and youngest child was born on board the ship.
They settled, at first, on Portobello Rd on the Otago Peninsula where they had a market garden.
Thomas was declared insolvent in 1865, the land was sold by auction and Thomas spent some time in jail.
They later farmed at Highcliff where Thomas died in 1905 and where Ann signed the suffrage petition.
Ann died on 10 July 1905, she is buried with Thomas in the Andersons Bay 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
NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz
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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