Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Flora Ann Wilkinson was born in New Zealand in 1865 – the daughter of William Wilkinson, an engineer, and Mary Jane Whisker. (See 160 Mrs W Wilkinson)
Flora was living with her parents in Kaikorai Valley Rd, Dunedin when she signed the suffrage petition, she did not marry.
She died on 14 June 1956 and is buried in the Andersons Bay Cemetery with her sister.
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
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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