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M. Hearnshaw

Signed family name
Hearnshaw
Signed given name
M.
Given address
Waikouaiti
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Waikouaiti
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Mary Leggatt was born about 1825.

She married Joseph Henry Hearnshaw, a widower and mason, in 1869 in New Zealand.

They lived in Waikouaiti where Mary signed the suffrage petition.

Joseph died in April 1903 and Mary died later that year on December 9th. They are buried in the St John’s Cemetery, Waikouaiti.

Sources

BDM Online NZ

Otago Nominal Index

Papers Past

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.