Signed family name
Hunter
Signed given name
Margeret
Given address
Cumberland St
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Margaret Gillies was born about 1845 probably in Scotland.
She appears to have married James Hunter, a cabinet maker in the mid 1860’s before they emigrated to New Zealand.
They lived in Dunedin & had 7 children, one who died in infancy.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Cumberland St, Dunedin.
She died on November 28th 1902 & James died in 1921, they are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.