Signed family name
McIntyre
Signed given name
Miss
Given address
N.E. Valley
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret McIntyre was born on 28 February 1857 in Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland – the daughter of John McIntyre, a carpenter, and Ann McGregor.
She emigrated to New Zealand with her family in the 1870s and they settled in Dunedin.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in North East Valley, Dunedin working as a hat trimmer.
Margaret did not marry – she died on 14 November 1939 and is buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
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