Maker: Marjorie Thomas

Panel number: 16

Petition Sheet Number: 5 

Person honouring: Annie Verry 

Relationship to makers: I have no NZ ancestors as a NZ immigrant in 1986.

Annie Verry was born in 1849 in Cambridge, England and came to NZ as a baby. She lived with her family in Wakefield near Nelson and later in Wellington. In 1874, she married Thomas Verry. The couple ran a farm in Sanson and had 6 children. Annie’s occupation was listed as Postmistress of Sanson in 1896. She signed the petition in 1893. 

Panel materials: Silk organza, fabric dyes and paints, hand and machine embroidery threads all from my stash.