Biographical information contributed by Katherine Blakeley
An extensive biography can be found at https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2h21/hatton-marion
Marion and four of her children came to New Zealand in 1880 on the Waipa.
Marion is buried with her family in the Southern Cemetery.
Her obituary said she 'was also admired for her pure womanly qualities. Her unaffected manner, her quiet way of speaking, her patient endurance of gibes that often went to extreme coarseness, won for her the love and respect of thousands to whom a mere blue-stocking would have been an object of aversion.'
Sources
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.
Community contributions