Signed family name
Gleeson
Signed given name
Mrs F. J.
Given address
Greymouth
Notes
Originally transcribed as Mrs H. J. Gleeson
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Jane Wright was born about 1841.
She emigrated to New Zealand where she married builder Frederick James Gleeson in 1862 in Auckland.
They moved to Greymouth in 1865 and they had nine children, one who died in infancy.
Mary signed the suffrage petition in Greymouth.
She died shortly after signing on 9 April 1893. Frederick died in 1903 – they are buried together in the Karoro Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave ttps://www.findagrave.com/