Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Mary White was born about 1835 in Essex, England and she married George Fox on 22 October 1856 in North Adelaide, South Australia.
They had two children in South Australia before moving to New Zealand where they had at least seven more children.
When Mary signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Castle St, Dunedin.
George died in 1905 and Mary died on 20 August 1917, they are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Family History SA https://www.familyhistorysa.org/colonists.html
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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