Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Margaret Ramsay was born about 1870 in Scotland – the second daughter of James Ramsay.
She emigrated to Victoria, Australia with her family where she married Francis Wakefield Holmes at her home on 29 July 1891.
They had a daughter in Victoria before they sailed for Otago.
They settled in Dunedin where they had a further three children, one who died in infancy.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition they were living in High Street and Francis was working as a salesman.
Francis died in 1954 and Margaret died on 2 January 1956 – they were both cremated and their ashes were scattered.
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au