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M. G. Henderson

Signed family name
Henderson
Signed given name
M. G.
Given address
George St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Probably a duplicate of Mary G Henderson, Sheet 56

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Mary Gilchrist Henderson was born in 1862 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Henderson and Annie Smith.

When Mary signed the suffrage petition she was living in George St, Dunedin.

Mary married John Campbell, a widower and cooper, in 1897 and they had three daughters.

John died at the Dunedin Hospital in 1903 leaving Mary with three very young children.

Mary died at her home in Arthur St, Dunedin on 21 September 1922, she is buried with John in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.

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.