Surname:
Shanks
Given names:
Mrs
Given address:
Walker Street
Notes:
Also signed as 141 Christina Shanks
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Christina Anderson Shanks was married to Thomas Shanks, a carpenter.
When Christina signed the suffrage petition they were living in Walker St, Dunedin.
Thomas died in the Dunedin Hospital in 1908, he is buried in the Southern Cemetery.
In 1925 Christina was living in Grange St, Dunedin, after this she disappears from the records.
Sources
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.
Community contributions