Originally transcribed as Mary H. Crawford
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Walker Milne was born in 1864 in New Zealand – the daughter of George Greig Milner, a harbour pilot, and Janet Walker. (See 101 Janet Milne)
Mary married Andrew William Crawford, a clerk, on 1 August 1888 at Port Chalmers and they had five children.
When Mary signed the suffrage petition they were living in Rattray St, Dunedin.
Mary died suddenly at her home on 6 February 1909 and Andrew died in 1943 at their son’s home in Tuatapere.
They are buried in the family grave in the Northern 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/