Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary Strang was born about 1852 in Scotland.
She arrived in New Zealand about 1874 & married John Henderson, a tailor, on 20 August 1875 in Dunedin.
They had, at least, six children - two of who were stillborn.
When Mary signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Harcourt St, Belleknowes, Dunedin.
John died in 1919 and Mary died at her home on 13 July 1927, 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
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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