Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Ann Hall was born about 1868 in Glasgow, Scotland.
She came to New Zealand about 1875 and she married William Scott Alexander, a sawmiller, in 1889.
They had two daughters and when Mary signed the suffrage petition they were living in Hanover St, Dunedin.
Mary died on 8 April 1929 and William died in 1948, they are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
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.
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