Surname possibly Fitzgerald. Misspelled on the petition?
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Reid/Reid was born about 1855.
She married John Fitzgerald, a miner, in 1876 in New Zealand and they had, at least, five children.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Orepuki in Southland.
They later moved to nearby Te Tua where John died in 1907 and Margaret died on 1 June 1924, they are buried together in the Orepuki Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Southland District Council https://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
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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