Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Bridget Moloney was born about 1840 in Cauris Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.
She married William Meade, a contractor, in 1862 in Victoria, Australia and shortly after they sailed for Otago.
They settled in Dunedin where William and his two brothers worked at building roads and the family had seven children, two who appear to have died in infancy.
When Bridget signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Bay View Road, Dunedin.
Bridget died at her home on 15 November 1900 and William died in 1917 – 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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
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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