Surname:
Boot
Given names:
Florence
Given address:
Royal Terrace
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Florence Lucy Boot was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of Alfred Boot, a surgeon dentist, and Kate Joan MacGoun.
When Florence signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Royal Terrace, Dunedin.
She married George William Gibson, a seed merchant, on March 1st 1900 at the Baptist Church, Hanover St, Dunedin – they had 2 daughters.
Florence died at her home on June 10th 1938 and George died in 1958. They are buried together in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
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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