suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Mellick
Given names: 
Mrs
Given address: 
North East Valley
Sheet No: 137
Town/Suburb: 
North Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Mary Jane Woods was born about 1862 in County Fermanagh, Ireland.

She emigrated to Otago in 1883 on the Forfarshire and she married Arthur Edward Mellick, a farmer, on 8 January 1885 at St Joseph’s Church, Dunedin.

When their first child was born, in 1887, they were living at Sandymount on the Otago Peninsula.

Arthur was declared bankrupt later that year and they then leased the 'St Clair Coffee Palace, Refreshment Rooms and Telephone Bureau'.

They had a further three children and, in 1889,  Arthur had opened a shop in Manor St selling fruit lollies, confectionery and aerated waters.

When Mary signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Kelvin Grove, North East Valley - Arthur was working as a tram conductor.

Arthur died in 1916 and Mary died at her home on 26 December 1941, they are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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/

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

Community contributions

1 comment has been posted about Mrs Mellick

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Roy Mellick

Posted: 14 Jul 2022

Arthur Edward Mellick was my Great Great Uncle. I have a photograph of Arthur, Mary Jane (Woods) and his children which I am willing to share. Also, a fairly comprehensive family history.