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M. Edmiston

Signed family name
Edmiston
Signed given name
M.
Given address
St David St
Sheet number
31
Town/Suburb
North Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Marion Edmiston was born on 21 July 1861 in Renfrewshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Robert Edmiston, a woollen shawl weaver, and Margaret Macbeth.         

Marion arrived in New Zealand with her family in 1874 on the Otago.

In 1893 Marion was living in St David St, Dunedin working as a tailoress, and her parents were living in Mosgiel.

In 1895 Marion married William Curry Thompson, a bootmaker. They had two daughters before Marion died on 17 July 1898 in Wellington. She is buried in the Karori Cemetery.

Sources

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