Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Ann Johnson was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of James William Johnston and Andrina Ross Henderson.
When Mary was 12 years old her father died and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Cumberland St, Dunedin, working as a dressmaker.
After the marriage of her youngest sister Minnie, Mary Ann lived with Minnie’s family and her mother in Roslyn, Dunedin, where she died on 17 February 1938.
She is buried in the Northern Cemetery with her mother.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
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.
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