Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Wilson was born about 1861 – the daughter of James Wilson and Annie.
She married John Newlands, a fireman, on 1 July 1880 in Dunedin and they had eight children.
When Mary signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Cutten St, South Dunedin.
She died at her home in Andersons Bay on 19 October 1927 and John died in 1930, they are buried with one of their sons 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/