Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary was born about 1838 in Fife, Scotland and was married to John Ogilive McLeod, a master mariner.
They a one daughter born about 1876 in Dundee, Scotland and when Mary signed the suffrage petition they were living in Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula.
Mary died at their home on 24 February 1918 and John died in 1926, they are buried with their daughter in the Broad Bay Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
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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