Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Alice Bobsien was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Bobsien, a miner, and Alicia McCarthy.
She grew up in Waitahuna Gully in Otago where she signed the suffrage petition.
Mary married James Joseph Lucas, a plumber, at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin on 6 September 1905 and they had three children.
Mary died on 6 January 1930 and James died in 1948, they are buried in the family grave in the Andersons Bay 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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