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M. Norrie

Signed family name
Norrie
Signed given name
M.
Given address
Tokomairiro
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Tokomairiro
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Margaret Ramsay Norrie was born on 21 October 1858 in Glasgow, Scotland – the daughter of John Norrie, a carter, and Mary Colquhoun. (See 104 M Norrie)

She emigrated to Otago in 1863 with her family on the Nelson and they eventually settled near Milton where Margaret signed the suffrage petition.

She died in Christchurch on 17 July 1933 and she is buried with her brother in the Bromley Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Christchurch City Council http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.