suffrage_petition
Surname: 
McNair
Given names: 
G.
Given address: 
York Place
Sheet No: 47
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Grace Wilkinson McNair was born in 1867 in New Zealand, the daughter of Hugh McNair, a cooper, and Ann Shearer Miller. 

When Grace signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in York Place, Dunedin and working as a dressmaker. Her mother Ann and sister Jane also signed the petition. 

Grace married Henry William Simpson Hellyer, a warehouseman, at her parent’s home on 17 April 1895. They had one daughter.

Henry died in 1926 and Grace died on 4 July  1928. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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

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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