Surname:
Scott
Given names:
Margaret
Given address:
Castle St
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret was born about 1836 in Scotland.
She married to Adam Scott, a prison warder. They had at least four sons in New Zealand from 1867 to 1878.
When she signed the suffrage petition, Margaret was living in Castle St, Dunedin.
Adam died in 1908. Margaret died on 4 February 1914. They are buried together in the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
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
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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