Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary was born about 1838 and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living in Waitepeka, south of Balclutha, with her husband William, a farmer, and her children.
William died at their home in December 1893, he is buried in the Balclutha Old Cemetery.
Mary stayed on at the farm until it was sold in 1901.
After this she moved to Mangaonoho in the Manawatu where she died on 20 March 1905, she is buried in the Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North.
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
Palmerston North City Council https://www.pncc.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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