Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Matheson Harvey was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Harvey and Mary.
She married William Clark Carson, a coachman, in 1889 and they had five children.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition the family were living in George St, Dunedin.
Margaret died on 6 July 1943 at her home in Dunedin, she is buried in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
William died in 1946 in Alexandra, he is buried in the Alexandra Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Central Otago District Council https://www.codc.govt.nz/services