Hi Debbie and other List Members. My great-grandmother, Annie KINNA, is on the list. Details as follows .... Maiden Name: Annie BRADSHAW, daughter of George BRADSHAW, master mariner, and Agnes BRADSHAW, nee RUSSELL. Born: 1861 Sandys Creek, Gippsland. Married: 1883 Presbyterian Church, Bairnsdale. Spouse: Ralph KINNA, bootmaker, Traralgon. Died: 1941 Traralgon. Should you require further details, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Sue, NSW. -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Deb Sent: Sunday, 16 March 2008 10:31 PM To: aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com Subject: [AVG] Gippsland women on the Suffrage Petition Hi Listers, Some of you may have heard me recently on our local ABC talking about the Gippsland content of the 1891 Women's Suffrage Petition. I am currently trying to collate biographic details of these women plus, if I can find them, images of them also. I have already found some abnomolities and other tit bit's of info - for instance - where one sister has been living / visiting another and signed the petition at the sister's address. Also some names that have been mistranscribed. Anyone with any info about these women or about the process of how the signing of the petition actually happened would be appreciated. Debbie Squires For listers who don't know what this is about - here is the link to the site http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/WomensPetition/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For those who expected to see more signatures on the petition, bear in mind that these women would probably need to travel to do this. No telephones, radio or tv and probably in many cases only occasional newspaper to provide information it's not hard to see why they didn't sign. When you look at the terrain and the fact that they probably had children at home, endless chores, a horse for transport over rough and mostly muddy tracks through the bush ... I leave it to your imagination. Cheers Shirley Apologies if I've repeated myself but the Mail has been having a hissy fit.

Shirley, Another reason for non-signing could be dissuasion by a husband or another individual or group opposed to the cause. One can only speculate as to why over 100 Warragul women signed - in contrast to a combined total of one for Sale, Maffra & Stratford. Perhaps the Warragul Guardian was considerably more sympathetic to the cause than the Gippsland Times. I show below revised details relating to four signatories - 1 - "Alice M. Sloan, Narracan" = Alice Margaret Sloan, born 1851, wife of Robert Sloan of Trafalgar. Robert was away from home for several months in 1891 during which time Alice went to stay with her sister Mrs Anne Savige at Narracan (my grandmother). Alice might have left her children in Anne's care, travelled to Moe by train in order to sign the petition and returned on the same day. 2 - "E.R. Savige, Morwell" = Emma Savige (nee Russell, born 1835, wife of John Savige of Moe. Emma may have gone to Morwell to visit her son Samuel and hs wife Ann (nee Walmsley) who resided in Tarwin Street. 3 - "Emma Savige, Moe" = Emma Eliza Savige born 1869, daughter of John and Emma Savige of Moe, single in 1891, married Charles Coleman in 1893. 4 - "Norah Walmsley, Tarwin Street, Morwell" = Honora (aka Norah) Walmsley, nee Shea, born 1834 Ireland, (arrived Australia 1849 as one of a group of orphan girls), wife of George Walmsley of Yandoit and later Korumburra. In 1891 Norah may have been visiting her daughter Ann Nora Savige (nee Walmsley) and her husband Samuel Savige at their home in Tarwin Street, Morwell. Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Westaway" <westaway@dcsi.net.au> To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Gippsland women on the Suffrage Petition > For those who expected to see more signatures on the petition, > bear in mind that these women would probably need to travel > to do this. > > No telephones, radio or tv and probably in many cases only occasional > newspaper > to provide information it's not hard to see why they didn't sign. > > When you look at the terrain and the fact that they probably had > children at home, endless chores, a horse for transport over rough > and mostly muddy tracks through the bush ... > > I leave it to your imagination. > > Cheers > > Shirley