Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Anna/Hannah Edith Palser was born about 1857 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Palser and Jane Dempster.
She grew up in Waikouaiti, north of Dunedin.
Anna married John Middleton Leggett, an expressman, at Hampden, North Otago on 27 February 1886.
They had two children and when Anna signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Castle St, Dunedin.
John died in 1912 and Anna died on 26 November 1934, they are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
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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