Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Mary Drysdale Leishman was born on 27 January 1843 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland – the daughter of James Leishman and Mary Ure.
She emigrated to New Zealand where she married Charles Warren, a labourer, on 13 May 1863 in Dunedin.
They had 10 children and when Mary signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Harbour Terrace.
Charles died in 1897 and Mary died on 7 November 1909 – 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/