Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret (Maggie) Groves was born in 1862 in Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Charles Groves and Mary McGill.
Maggie’s father disappears from the records at this time. In November 1862, Maggie travelled to Otago with her mother and sister on the City of Hobart.
Maggie did not marry. When she signed the suffrage petition she was living in the family home in Cargill St, Dunedin. Her mother Mary also signed the petition.
Maggie died at Cargill St on 11 August 1942. She is buried in the family grave in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
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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