suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Patrick
Given names: 
M. J.
Given address: 
Canongate St
Sheet No: 157
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Marcella Josephine Pilkington was born about 1861 in County Clare, Ireland, the daughter of John Pilkington, a farmer, and Marcella Blackall.

She arrived in New Zealand about 1881. She married Thomas George Bell Patrick, a draper, on 7 April 1887 at St John’s, Willis St, Wellington.

They had one son. When she signed the suffrage petition, Marcella was living with her family in Canongate St, Dunedin.

Thomas died in 1914 and Marcella died on 13 May 1916. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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
St Johns in the City  www.stjohnsinthecity.org.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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