Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Marjory Alice Dick was born about 1851 in Philadelphia, USA – the daughter of John Dick, a printer, and Eliza Griffiths.
She came to Otago with her family in 1861 on the Chile and they settled in Dunedin.
Marjory married John Hercus, a commission agent, on 9 September 1875 at Royal Terrace, Dunedin and they had seven children.
When she signed the suffrage petition the family were living at Ferguslie, North East Valley.
John died at their home in 1913 and Marjory died on 12 April 1921, 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
NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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