suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Williamson
Given names: 
Mrs
Given address: 
Elm Row
Sheet No: 157
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Margaret Fairbairn was born about 1835 in Scotland. She married John Williamson, a carpenter, in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland on 9 March 1858. 

Shortly after their marriage, they emigrated to Otago and settled in Dunedin.

They had eight children. When she signed the suffrage petition, Margaret was living in Elm Row.

John died in 1906 and Margaret died on 30 December 1914. They are buried together in the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin.

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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