Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Beverley Wilson was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of Andrew Smith Wilson and Margaret Matheson.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition she was living in Grange St, Dunedin either near or with her sister Jessie who also signed the petition. (See 59 Mrs McFarlane)
Margaret married John Alexander Pullar, a railway surfaceman, in 1901 and they had two sons.
The family lived in Waitati, north of Dunedin.
Margaret died in Lawrence, Central Otago on 13 July 1950 and John died in 1964, they were both cremated and their ashes scattered.
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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