Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Ann/Dolly Jeffs was born in 1869 in New Zealand – the daughter of Henry Jeffs and Mary Ann Lewis. (See 45 M A Jeffs)
When Mary signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family on the corner of Frederick and Cumberland Streets in Dunedin where they ran a general goods shop – Mary was working as a dressmaker.
She married Gordon Robertson, the chief steward for the U.S.S .Co, on 17 January 1894 in Dunedin – they had no children.
Mary died on 31 August 1900 in Dunedin, she is buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Gordon’s life after this is unclear.
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