See also Caversham research databases
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Maria Turner was born about 1852, she married Robert Slater in 1872 in Cumberland, England and they had four children, three who died in infancy.
The family emigrated to New Zealand about 1880 and settled in Dunedin.
A further seven children were born in Dunedin and when Maria signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Caversham.
Robert was very involved in the labour movement and was the first workers’ representative on the Arbitration Court.
Robert died at their home in 1931 and Maria died in Gore on 8 November 1938, 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
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
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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