suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Attewell
Given names: 
Victoria
Given address: 
Waimate
Sheet No: 235
Town/Suburb: 
Waimate
City/Region: 
South Canterbury
Notes: 

Originally transcribed as Victoria Attwell

Biography contributed by Wendy Napier-Walker

Victoria Attewell was born Victoria Northcoat in 1872 in Waikaia, Southland to Jane and Thomas Northcoat.

In 1879 Victoria was admitted to the Waikaia School in Southland.

On 4 February 1891 Victoria Northcoat and Stace aka Stacey Attewell were married by Rev Brown in Waikaia, Southland.

They had twelve children; Alice Jane born 1893, Arthur Joseph born 1895, Elizabeth Ann born 1897, Caroline Ethel born 1898, Baden Stacey born 1900, Thomas George born 1901, Benjamin Norton born 1903, Edna Amy born 1904, Edward Charles born 1906, Gertrude May born 1907, Eric Lee born 1909 and Stewart Marshall born 1912.

The electoral rolls from 1896 – 1905/06 record Victoria and Stace living in Waimate. Stace was a Shearer.

From 1911 – 1938 the electoral rolls record them living at Norton’s Reserve, Waimate.

Their eldest son Arthur Joseph Attewell died of wounds in Belgium during the First World War on 20 December 1917.

Mrs Victoria Attewell’s name appears in the Register of Maternity Nurses. She was Registered on 2 September 1926, Registration No 418. Residence, Norton Reserve, Waimate.

In February 1941 Victoria and Stace celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They were given two fireside chairs by their 20 grandchildren.

Stace Attewell died on 16 September 1941 age 74 years in Waimate and is buried in the Waimate Old cemetery, New Anglican section, Plot 000008.

After the death of her husband Victoria moved into Waimate to live with her son, Eric at 63 Personage Road and was there in 1946 and 1949. By 1954 she had moved to 61 Lower High Street, Waimate and lived there until her death.

Victoria Attewell died in 1957 and is buried next to her husband in the Waimate Old cemetery, New Anglican section, Plot 000009.

Sources

NZBDM Birth Index 1872/39649 Victoria Northcoat
NZBDM Marriage Index 1891/3204 Victoria Northcoat/Stace Attewell
Ancestry – NZ electoral rolls
NZ Gazette, NZ Register of Medical Practitioners & Nurses 1873, 1882-1933, 1928 Page 1403
The Press Newspaper Golden Wedding 22 April 1941, Page 2
NZBDM Death Index 1941/24763 Stace Attewell
Otago Daily Times, Obituary Stace Attewell 22 September 1941, Page 9
NZBDM Death Index 1957/37083 Victoria Attewell
Waimate District Council cemetery database online

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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