Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary was born about 1840 in Galway, Ireland.
She emigrated to Wellington in 1874 on the Soukar accompanied by her husband William, a labourer, and four children.
When Mary signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Braemar St, South Dunedin.
Mary died at her home on 4 June 1906 and William died in 1908, they are buried together in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
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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