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Maggie Campbell

Signed family name
Campbell
Signed given name
Maggie
Given address
Waikouaiti
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Waikouaiti
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Previously transcribed as Magan Campbell.

Margaret Cameron was born on November 19th 1838 in Morayshire, Scotland, the daughter of Kenneth Cameron and Margaret McLeod.

She emigrated to New Zealand, then married Donald Campbell on February 15th 1865 at Waikouaiti, north of Dunedin.

They had eight children, and when Margaret signed the suffrage petition they were living in Waikouaiti.

Donald died at their home in 1909, and Margaret died at her daughter’s home at Gimmerburn on October 13th 1927. They are buried in the Waikouaiti Cemetery.

Sources

BDM Online NZ

DCC Cemetery Records

Family Search

Otago Nominal Index

Papers Past

Presbyterian Research Centre

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