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Mrs Fergusson

Signed family name
Fergusson
Signed given name
Mrs
Given address
King St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Sarah Hannah Graham was born on 7 May 1828 in Maybole, Ayrshire – the daughter of John Graham, a tea dealer, and Jean Elisabeth Niven. 

She married, baker, George Ferguson on 21 December 1851 in Maybole and they had eight children. 

In 1875 the family arrived in Otago on the Timaru

They settled in Dunedin and when Sarah signed the suffrage petition they were living in Cumberland Street. 

Sarah died at her home on 1 December 1899 and George died in 1916 – they are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.

Sources

DCC Cemetery Records

Family Search

Otago Nominal Index

Papers Past

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.