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Mary Jane Thompson

Signed family name
Thompson
Signed given name
Mary Jane
Given address
Ngapara
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Ngapara
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Mary Jane Thompson was born about 1849.

She was married to John Thompson and they had, at least, four children, one who died in infancy.

When Mary signed the suffrage petition the family was living in Ngapara in North Otago.

Mary died at her home on 14 October 1909 and John died in Oamaru in 1930.

They are buried together in the Georgetown 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

Waitaki District Council https://www.waitaki.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.