Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Johanna Thompson was born in 1865 in Invercargill – the daughter of Thomas Johnson Thompson, a shipwright and mariner, and Christiana Gotze. (See 341 C Thompson)
She married Henry John Webb, an engine driver, in 1884 and they had four children.
When Johanna signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Bowmont St, Invercargill.
Henry died in 1915 and Johanna died on 4 August 1960 in Invercargill, they are buried in the family grave in the Invercargill Eastern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Invercargill City Council https://icc.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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