suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Massey
Given names: 
M. A
Given address: 
Mangere
Sheet No: 369
Town/Suburb: 
Mangere
City/Region: 
Auckland
Notes: 

This is Mary Anne Massey (nee Ferguson), the mother of Willam Ferguson Massey (1856-1925), who was Pime Minister of New Zealand from 1912-1925. Her daughters Elizabeth (born 1861), Marian (born 1863) and Isabella (born 1866) also signed this sheet of the suffrage petition.

In 1862 Mary, her husband John and two of their children had emigrated to New Zealand from Limavady, near Londonderry in Northern Ireland. They sailed on the Indian Empire, arriving in October.

She died on 23 November 1906, aged 79 (her cemetery record names her Mary 'Anna' Massey).

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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anon

Posted: 11 Jun 2018

MA Massey (Mary Anne), not MP.