The 1893 electoral roll confirms Gt King St domestic duties
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Emma Elizabeth Wright was born in 1859 in New Zealand – the daughter of James Wright, a carpenter, and Emma Harding. (See 167 Emma Wright)
The family lived in Dunedin and when Emma signed the suffrage petition they were living in Great King St.
Emma did not marry and she died on 13 October 1937, she is 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
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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