suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Williams
Given names: 
L. M.
Given address: 
Maitland St
Sheet No: 158
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biographical information provided by Kerry Hines for the He Tohu exhibition:

L.M. Williams is Lydia Myrtle Williams (1857-1938).

Canoeing, camping, banjo-playing and gardening were among the activities enjoyed by Lydia Williams around the time she signed the suffrage petition. Born Lydia Myrtle Devereux, she grew up in Lower Hutt and worked as a teacher until she was 30. She left her position as head of Thorndon’s infant school in order to marry William Williams, a Railways storekeeper. The couple lived in Dunedin for many years and raised two sons there. William was an accomplished photographer, and a selection of his photographs featuring Lydia was shown at the National Library in 1993 in an exhibition marking the centennial of the petition.

Her sister, Mary Ellen Devereux, also signed sheet 158 of the suffrage petition.

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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