Signed family name
Brown
Signed given name
Muriel
Given address
Castle St
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Muriel Berret McConnell was born about 1856 in Waterford, Ireland.
She had a son with John Henry Brown, a bailiff, in January 1878 and they were married in March of the same year. They had a further six children.
When she signed the suffrage petition, Muriel was living with her family in Castle St, Dunedin.
John died in 1903 and Muriel died on 3 July 1924. They are buried together in the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin.
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