Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Easen was born about 1843.
She married Charles Rattray, a master mariner and widower, in 1881 in New Zealand.
Charles died in the Southland hospital in 1885 - in his will he left his estate to his son living in Arbroath, Scotland.
Mary lived in Bluff where she signed the suffrage petition – she died on 31 August 1931 and is buried in the Bluff Cemetery.
In her will she left her estate to her two 'granddaughters' – the daughters of Annie Fuller. (See 341 Annie Brazier-Creagh)
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