Originally transcribed as 175 N Nimmo
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Catherine Nimmo was born in 1868 in Dunedin – the daughter of Robert Nimmo, a seed merchant, and Euphemia Henderson Wilson. (See 175 Euphemia Nimmo)
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition she was living in Tapanui, South Otago working as a teacher.
She married John Dickison Edgar, a labourer, in 1894. They had seven children and later in life farmed at 'Westholm' at Tapanui Flat.
Margaret died at their home 'Stonecroft' in Tapanui on 12 December 1941, she was cremated.
John died in 1945 and is buried in the Tapanui Cemetery where Margaret’s ashes were interred.
Sources
Clutha District Council https://www.cluthadc.govt.nz
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