Signed family name
McBride
Signed given name
M. D.
Given address
Nevada Roslyn
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Martha Dues McBride was born in 1866 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Dues McBride, a tailor, and Bessie/Betsy Millar. (See 125 B McBride)
Martha did not marry and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in the Nevada subdivision of Roslyn working as a tailoress.
She lived with her family until her death on 11 December 1938 and is 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
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz