suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Gawne
Given names: 
A.
Given address: 
London St
Sheet No: 47
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Originally transcribed as transcribed as A. Gaurie

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Ann Gawne was born about 1868 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Gawne, a sauce manufacturer, and Bridget Horan.

When Ann signed the suffrage petiton she was living with her parents in London St, Dunedin working as a tailoress.

She married Edward Ezra Houghton, a widower with one son, in 1901.

Ann died at on 20 November 1902 – 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

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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