Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Maggie/Margaret McLeod was born on 6 April 1869 – the daughter of Neil McLeod, a blacksmith, and Beatrice Robson. (See 132 Mrs N McLeod)
She emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1879 on the Marlborough and when Margaret signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Mataura working as a dressmaker.
She married Thomas Pryde in 1897 and they had five children.
Thomas died in Christchurch in 1944 – he is buried in the Ruru Lawn Cemetery.
Margaret died in Invercargill on 5 July 1947 – she is buried in the Invercargill Eastern 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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/