Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Emma Campion was born about 1843.
She married George Willis Nichol, a salesman, on 9 November 1870 at Christ Church, Nelson.
They lived in Greymouth for a few years before moving to Ocean Beach near Bluff where they built their home 'Glenfoyle'.
This is where Emma signed the suffrage petition and they had five children.
George died in 1907 and Mary died at her home on 18 September 1929, they are buried in the family grave in the Bluff 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
Invercargill City Council https://icc.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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