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M. Archibald

Signed family name
Archibald
Signed given name
M.
Given address
Grant Street
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Martha Archibald was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of James Archibald and Sarah Witton.

When Martha signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Grant St, Dunedin working as a dressmaker.

Sehe moved to the Wellington district in the late 1890s with her family.

Martha did not marry but she had three children, one who died in infancy.

Martha died on 2 November 1956, she was cremated and her ashes buried in the Karori Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Wellington City Council https://wellington.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.