Biographical information provided by Helen Smith for the He Tohu exhibition:
Matilda Lucy Newing was born in 1862, the eldest daughter of Edward and Phoebe. in 1890 she married George John Silcock (1858-1941), a poultry farmer on the No 2 Line, Okoia, Whanganui. In 1898 their first child, Dorothy Clara, died aged one month. They had two more children: Arthur Wharrie (1901-1991) and Winnifred Madge (1901-). In 1915 the family left Okoia, and by 1919 they were living at 11 Stark St, Whanganui East, where George was listed as a fruit broker. They\ family stayed at this address, with unmarried daughter Winnifred, for the remainder of their lives. George died in 1941 and Matilda in 1944.
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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