Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Lamont McLean was born about 1837 in Tyree, Argyllshire, Scotland.
She married Duncan MacKenzie/McKenzie about 1862 and they had at least one child before they emigrated to New Zealand in the mid-1860s.
At least five more children were born in New Zealand.
When Mary signed the suffrage petition she was living in Castle St, Dunedin with her husband and daughter Christina.
Mary died at her home on 22 September 1909 and Duncan died in 1912, they are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
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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