Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Jane Beck (known as Pollie) was born in New Zealand in 1862 - the daughter of Albert James Beck and Jane Hall Murray. Her older sister, Jeannie Lyall, also signed the petition.
On 2 January 1886, at her parent’s house in Walker St, Dunedin, Mary married William Leonard Tennet, a draper.
They had eight children and two died in infancy.
Mary died on 7 August 1921 and William in 1941. They are buried together 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
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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