Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Darroch Catchpole was born in 1865 in New Zealand – the daughter of Charles George Catchpole, a dairyman, and Margaret Darrach.
She married William Henry Wilson, a carpenter, in 1888 and they had eight children, one who died in infancy.
When Margaret signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Castle St, Dunedin.
In later life they moved to Christchurch where William died in 1928 and Margaret died on 7 May 1946 – they are buried together in the Sydenham 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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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