Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Moir Nicoll was born in 1876 in New Zealand – the daughter of David Nicoll and Betsy Black. (See 31 B Nicoll)
The family lived in Dunedin and when Mary signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in King St.
Mary did not marry and she died on 23 June 1903, at the age of 26.
She is buried with her parents in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.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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