Originally transcribed as M May?.
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Mary Ann/Marian Lennon was born about 1860 in Ireland, the daughter of Hugh Lennon & Elizabeth.
She emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1883 on the Westmeath & she married George Edwin Mabe, a mariner, in 1886.
They had 6 children, 2 who died in infancy, & when Marian signed the suffrage petition they were living in Castle St, Dunedin.
By 1895 the family were in Auckland – Marian & George appear to have parted company at some stage.
By 1917, when her mother died, Marian was living in Sydney where 2 of her daughters were living.
George died in Auckland in 1921, he was buried in the Waikaraka Cemetery - in his will he left all he owned to their son Walter.
Marian died in Sydney in May 1924, she is buried in the Randwick General Cemetery.
Sources
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
Community contributions