Signed family name
McDermott
Signed given name
Mrs
Given address
Hillside
Notes
Originally transcribed as Mrs McDarnott
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Bridget Hogan was born about 1846. She married Charles McDermott, a carter, on 30 April 1874 in St Joseph’s Church, Dunedin and they had five children.
When Bridget signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Main South Rd, Hillside, South Dunedin.
Charles died in 1912 and Bridget died on 25 September 1937, they are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz