suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Anderson
Given names: 
Margaret
Given address: 
Brook St
Sheet No: 99
Town/Suburb: 
North Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Margaret Colvin Anderson was born on 8 April 1853 at Lerwick, Shetland Islands – the daughter of Hosea Anderson, a draper and spirit dealer, and Barbara Colvin.

She came to New Zealand with her family in the 1870s and they settled in Dunedin.

When Margaret signed the suffrage petition she was living in the family home in Brook St, Dunedin.

She later moved to Melrose, North Shore, Auckland with her sister Mary.

She died there on 4 October 1906 and is buried with her sister in the O’Neills Point Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Auckland Council https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries

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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