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Margaret Scott

Signed family name
Scott
Signed given name
Margaret
Given address
Castle St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
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.