Signed family name
Shave
Signed given name
Mary Ann
Given address
Gore
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
also signed as 103 Mary Ann Shave
Orignally transcribed as Share
Mary Ann Hellier was born about 1858 in Devonshire, England.
She emigrated to New Zealand where she married William Shave in 1882.
They had five children and they lived in Gore where Mary signed the suffrage petition.
In 1919 William drowned while cleaning the town reservoir.
Mary remained in Gore where she died on 9 November 1921 – they are buried together in the Gore Cemetery.
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/