SOUTH TARANAKI
SUFFRAGE PETITON 1893
On 8 September 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the vote. (Though Pitcairn Island (protectorate)and Wyoming (territory) already had this "privilege") The Suffrage Petition of 1893 contained over 30,000 signatures of women from throughout New Zealand. This was just less than quarter of the adult female population at the time. The following are the South Taranaki women who signed;
| ADAMSON | Mary | Manaia |
| ALLAN | Elizabeth | Manaia |
| ALLEN | Harriett Emma | Normanby |
| ALLEN | Mary | Hastings Rd, Normanby |
| ALLEY | Alice | Okaiawa |
| BAILEY | Mary A | Hawera |
| BAKER | Annie | Manaia |
| BAKER | Henrietta Irene | Hawera |
| BALL | Elizabeth M | Manaia |
| BALLARD | E N J | Opunake |
| BAMFORD | Ann | Opunake |
| BARKER | Ethel | Normanby |
| BARRACLOUGH | Anne | Hawera |
| BATES | Annie | Normanby |
| BAYLEY | Martha Josephine | Hawera |
| BEAUMONT | Elizabeth | Hawera |
| BENSKI | Elizabeth | Normanby |
| BIRD | May | Opunake |
| BLAYMIRES | Rose | Kaponga |
| BLENNERHASSETT | Alma Sarah | Hawera |
| BODDIE | Isabella | Normanby |
| BOLGER | Catherine | Manaia |
| BOYD | Frances Mary | Hawera |
| BREMNER | N | Opunake |
| BRIGHTWELL | Mary | Hawera |
| BROADBENT | Agnes | Manaia |
| BROWN | Elizabeth | Hawera |
| BRYANT | Mary | Manaia |
| BUCHANAN | Mary | Hawera |
| BURGESS | Ann | Awatuna |
| BURGESS | Blanche | Hawera |
| BURGESS | Emily | Awatuna Road |
| BURR | Elizabeth Anderson | Normanby |
| BYRNE | Catherine | Hawera |
| CALLANDER | Ellen | Opunake |
| CAMPION | Amelia | Manaia |
| CANDY | Jeanie | Kapuni |
| CANNELL | Annie | Hawera |
| CANNELL | Elsie | Hawera |
| CANNELL | Gertrude Annie | Hawera |
| CANNELL | Winifred Mona | Hawera |
| CARTER | Ellen | Opunake |
| CHESTNUT | Elizabeth | Hawera |
| CLARE | Florence | Opunake |
| CLARK | Jane Gillespie | Normanby |
| CLEMENTS | Jane | Hawera |
| CLOTHIER | E M J | Opunake |
| CLUNIE | W | Hawera |
| COLLINS | Agnes | Opunake |
| COLLINS | Annie | Opunake |
| COOCH | Philippa F | Manaia |
| COOK | Selina | Okaiawa |
| COOPER | Harriet Jane | Hawera |
| COOPER | Isabella | Hawera |
| COOPER | Lillie Maria | Hawera |
| CORLETT | Laura | Opunake |
| COUTTS | Elizabeth | Normanby |
| COX | Emma T | Opunake |
| CRAWFORD | Annie | Normanby |
| CROSS | Alletta | Opunake |
| CROWHURST | Catherine Elizabeth | Manaia |
| CUBBIN | Agnes | Normanby |
| DAVIES | E A | Normanby |
| DAY | Jane T | Manaia |
| DEEGAN | Kate | Opunake |
| DES FORGES | Minnie | Opunake |
| DINGLE | Annie | Opunake |
| DIVE | Annie | Hawera |
| DIVE | K | Eltham |
| DIXON | Edith | Manaia |
| DIXON | Maria Jane | Hawera |
| DRAKE | Martha Powie | Hawera |
| DUCKWORTH | Ellen | Hawera |
| DUCKWORTH | Minnie Amelia | Hawera |
| DUFFILL | E Miss | Opunake |
| DUFFILL | E Mrs | Opunake |
| DUNNE | Anne Allison | Hawera |
| DUTTON | Louisa E | Okaiawa |
| ECCLESFIELD | M E | Hawera |
| EDMUNDS | Minnie | Opunake |
| ELLIS | Mary Jane | Hawera |
| ELWIN | Frances H J | Opunake |
| EPPING | Mary | Normanby |
| FINLAY | Emma | Hawera |
| FINLAYSON | Jessie | Normanby |
| FITNESS | Ellen Lydia | Opunake |
| FORBES | Mary | Normanby |
| FORD | Ada J | Hawera |
| FOWLER | Mary | Opunake |
| FOWLER | Sarah A | Manaia |
| FOY | Clara | Hawera |
| FOY | Eliza | Hawera |
| FOY | Minnie | Hawera |
| FREEHEY | Alice J | Kaponga |
| FRETHEY | E Maude | Opunake |
| GANDLEY | N L | Hawera |
| GAPPER | Amy | Opunake |
| GIBSON | Barbara | Kaponga |
| GIBSON | Margaret | Normanby |
| GIBSON | Martha | Kaponga |
| GILDREY | E | Manaia |
| GRAHAM | Alice Wilhemina | Hawera |
| GRAHAM | Jane | Manaia |
| GRAINGER | Alice | Opunake |
| GRAINGER | Martha Elizabeth | Opunake |
| GRANDISON | Jessie Forbes | Okaiawa |
| GRAY | Margaret | Hawera |
| GUY | Cissie | Opunake |
| GUY | Mary | Opunake |
| HALL | Julia | Manaia |
| HAMILTON | Winnie Sarah | Keteonotea |
| HANDLEY | Nellie | Patea |
| HARDY | Helen M | Opunake |
| HARRE | Frances Emily | Normanby |
| HARRIS | Mary | Manaia |
| HARRISON | E W | Hawera |
| HARRISON | Eliza | Hawera |
| HARRISON | Julia | Opunake |
| HARRISON | Lucie Gertrude | Hawera |
| HARRISON | Sarah | Opunake |
| HAY | Cecilia | Kaponga |
| HELLARD | Janet | Opunake |
| HENDERSON | Sarah | Manaia |
| HENRY | Jane C | Okaiawa |
| HICKEY | Annie | Opunake |
| HICKEY | Hannah Stack | Opunake |
| HICKS | Margaret | Hawera |
| HIGGINS | Mary | Opunake |
| HOWARD | Connie | Manaia |
| HUNTER | Mary | Hawera |
| HUSTON | E | Hawera |
| JACOBS | Maria | Opunake |
| JOLL | Alice | Okaiawa |
| JOLL | P | Okaiawa |
| KASPRZICK | Augusta | Normanby |
| KAY | Agnes Ellen | Hawera |
| KIRKWOOD | Matilda | Opunake |
| KIRKWOOD | Susan | Opunake |
| LEWIS | Caroline | Manaia |
| LEWIS | Mary | Manaia |
| LICHTWARK | Maria | Normanby |
| LLOYD | Honorah | Normanby |
| LUSCOMBE | Elizabeth E | Kapuni |
| LYSAGHT | Frances Eliza | Mokoia |
| LYSAGHT | Louisa Marion | Mokoia |
| MACGREGOR | Catherine Fraser | Hawera |
| MACGREGOR | I | Opunake |
| MACKENZIE | Angelina | Opunake |
| MACKIE | Emilie | Kaponga |
| MALCOLM | A | Opunake |
| MALCOLM | Agnes | Opunake |
| MANN | Lizzie | Opunake |
| MARSH | Mary Ann | Normanby |
| MARSHALL | Amy | Normanby |
| MARSHALL | Mary Louisa | Opunake |
| MATHESON | Rhoda | Manaia |
| MAUNDER | Elizabeth | Hawera |
| MAUNDER | Hannah E | Okaiawa |
| MAUNDER | Jane Ellen | Hawera |
| MAUNDER | Mary C | Okaiawa |
| McCARTHY | A | Manaia |
| McFARLAND | Mary | Hawera |
| McFARLAND | Mary Barnwell | Hawera |
| McLACHLAN | J A J | Opunake |
| McL'DOWIE | Jane M | Normanby |
| McLEAN | A | Manaia |
| McMARTY | J | Opunake |
| McNIVEN | Annie | Hawera |
| MIDDLETON | Maria | Opunake |
| MORGAN | Mary Ann | Opunake |
| MORRIS | M J | Opunake |
| MUIR | Catherine | Okaiawa |
| MURDOCH | Agnes | Okaiawa |
| MURDOCH | Jeanie | Okaiawa |
| MURPHY | Mary | Opunake |
| MURPHY | Nellie | Okaiawa |
| NICHOLLS | Kate | Normanby |
| NIXON | Emma | Opunake |
| NOCKS | M | Hawera |
| O'BRIEN | Ada | Hawera |
| O'DONNELL | Anna | Opunake |
| OGLE | Mary Ann | Hawera |
| O'LEARY | H | Hawera |
| OLIVER | Annie | Awatuna |
| O'RORKE | Mary Mrs | Opunake |
| O'SULLIVAN | D Mrs | Opunake |
| O'SULLIVAN | Mary A | Normanby |
| PARKINS | Ellen Anne | Hawera |
| PARKINSON | Mary Elizabeth | Hawera |
| PARSONS | Eliza | Hawera |
| PATERSON | Ada Fanny | Hawera |
| PEARCE | E M | Manaia |
| PEPPERELL | Alice | Opunake |
| PEPPERELL | Elizabeth | Opunake |
| PETTIGREW | Susan | Opunake |
| PIERARD | Annie | Normanby |
| PINE | Louisa Caroline | Normanby |
| PITCHER | Elizabeth | Hawera |
| POLLARD | Elizabeth | Normanby |
| PREECE | Sarah | Okaiawa |
| PROSSER | Elizabeth | Opunake |
| PROUDLOCK | J | Manaia |
| PULL | Jane Annie | Manaia |
| RAVEN | Ellen Gertrude | Hawera |
| REID | Annie | Manaia |
| RINGHAM | Emily J | Hawera |
| ROBBINS | Jane Ann | Hawera |
| ROBERTS | Louisa | Manaia |
| RODGERS | Hellen | Normanby |
| ROGERS | E C | Opunake |
| ROMBLIATON? | Fredericka | Opunake |
| ROSSITER | Louisa | Opunake |
| RYE | Susan | Normanby |
| SCOTT | Ambrosine Elizabeth | Manaia |
| SECOMBE | M A | Opunake |
| SEMMENS | Ada M | Opunake |
| SHRIMPTON | Rosalie | Hawera |
| SILVESTER | Mary | Opunake |
| SIMSON | S | Manaia |
| SINCLAIR | C E | Hawera |
| SISLEY | Winifred Sara | Normanby |
| SQUIRE | Marion | Hawera |
| STANLEY | Ann | Normanby |
| STEPHENSON | Annie | Manaia |
| SURGENOR | Ellen Jane | Hawera |
| SWADLING | Elizabeth | Hawera |
| TAIT | Elizabeth | Opunake |
| TAUNT | Rachel S | Okaiawa |
| THOMPSON | E | Hawera |
| TIDD | L J | Opunake |
| TWIGG | H | Hawera |
| URQUHART | E | Manaia |
| VICKERY | Mary Ann | Opunake |
| VINCENT | Grace | Manaia |
| WALKER | Elizabeth | Normanby |
| WALKER | Helen Amelia Constance | Normanby |
| WARNER | Agnes | Opunake |
| WATKINS | Mary | Kapuni |
| WATTS | Christina | Hawera |
| WATTS | Martha | Hawera |
| WEBBY | Mary | Okaiawa |
| WILLIAMS | Helen | Manaia |
| WILLIAMS | Louisa Jane | Opunake |
| WILLIAMSON | Mary | Normanby |
| WILLS | Susannah | Normanby |
| WILSON | Susan Martha | Hawera |
| WORDSWORTH | Georgiana | Manaia |
FAMILIES I AM RESEARCHING | MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL STUFF | NEW ZEALAND — ON LINE GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES | NEW ZEALAND — YOUNG BOY IMMIGRANT SCHEME 1911 — 1914 | NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES | NEW ZEALAND MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES | NEW ZEALAND LAND WARS — MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES | NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE | NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR TWO | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR AND WAR MEMORIALS — BY LOCATION | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR AND WAR MEMORIALS — BY CONFLICT | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR — MILITARY NURSES | PAKEHA/MAORI TRANSLITERATIONS | PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND | SHAND — FAMILY HISTORY | SOUTH TARANAKI, NEW ZEALAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES | SPONDON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES | WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL 1865 — 1947 | WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES