Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Crawford Anderson was born about 1862 in New Zealand.
She married George Wilson on 8 September 1882 at the Knox Church Manse in Dunedin.
They had one son and when Margaret signed the suffrage petition they were living in Belleknowes.
George died at their home 'Marchmount' in 1895 – he is buried in the Northern Cemetery.
Margaret died at her home on 8 January 1950 – she was cremated and her ashes were scattered.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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