Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Grundy was born in 1854 in Limber, Lincolnshire, England England – the daughter of Joseph Grundy, a foreman, and Hannah Brinkell.
She emigrated to New Zealand in the 1870s and married William Dodds on 17 September 1874.
William worked at a barman at the White Horse Hotel in Milton, South Otago.
They had four children and, in 1888, the family moved to Dunedin and William worked as a carter - when Mary signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Cumberland St.
William died in 1910 and Mary died on 9 July 1930, she is buried with William in the Northern 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk