Originally transcribed as M I Slitruieht
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Jane Butement was born 1 May 1844 in Berwickshire, England – the daughter of Thomas Butement, a farmer, and Elizabeth Trotter.
She came to New Zealand with her family in the 1860s and when Margaret signed the suffrage petition she was living in Milton.
Shortly after this she sold her property and furniture and she moved to Hobart.
She died at the Hobart Homeopathic Hospital on 23 July 1908 and she is buried in the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.
Sources
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au