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Martha McHutchon

Signed family name
McHutchon
Signed given name
Martha
Given address
South Dunedin
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
South Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Martha was born about 1852, she was married to Alexander McHutchon, a railway employee.

They had five children and when Martha signed the suffrage petition the family was living at Macandrew Road, South Dunedin.

Martha and Alexander moved to Hastings about 1914.

Alexander died in April 1939 and Martha died on 24 August 1939. They are buried together in the Havelock North 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
Hastings District Council http://cemeterybase.hdc.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.