Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Emma Harding was born in England about 1820, she married James Wright, a carpenter, in Shropshire in 1853.
They had two children before they emigrated to Otago in 1857 on the Maori.
One more child was born in New Zealand.
The family settled in Dunedin and when Emma signed the suffrage petition they were living in Great King St.
James died at his residence 'Julian Cottage' Great King St in 1891 and Emma also died there on 10 January 1899.
They are buried with their daughters 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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