Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Symes was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of Robert Symes, a miner, and Elizabeth Henderson.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition she was living at Blue Spur near Lawrence.
On 2 November 1910, at the age of 39, Margaret married Richard Bailoni, a labourer, at Waitahuna Gully.
They lived in Gore, Southland before Richard died in 1922, in Dunedin.
Margaret re-married the following year to James Jones – she died on 9 January 1954 and is buried with Richard in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz