Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Muir Falconet was born about 1859 – the daughter of Louis Falconet, a stone mason, and Jemima Fraser.
She married John Wood, a bootmaker, in 1881 and they had five children.
When Annie signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Castle St, Dunedin.
Annie died on 15 December 1928 and John died in 1942. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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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