Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Grant was born about 1850 in Perthshire, Scotland – the daughter of Peter Grant, a grocer, and Helen Melville.
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1857 on the Maori and they settled in West Taieri.
Ann married James Black, a farmer, on 14 April 1871 at her home 'Cray', West Taieri and they had four children.
When Ann signed the suffrage petition they were farming at Owaka Flat.
Ann died at Outram on 22 August 1901 and James died at Seacliff in 1908, they are buried in the Owaka 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
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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