Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Annie Willis Nichol was born in 1871 in Greymouth – the daughter of George Willis, a salesman and merchant, and Mary Emma Campion. (See 341 Mary Nichol)
Her family moved to Southland when she was young and she grew up at the family home 'Glenfoyle' at Ocean Beach near Bluff.
Annie signed the suffrage petition at Bluff – she died on 30 January 1924 when she was struck by a car while cycling.
She is buried in the family grave in the Bluff 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
Invercargill City Council https://icc.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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