Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Baty was born about 1838 in Stanhope, Durham, England – the daughter of John Baty, a lead miner, and Hannah.
She married Jacob Graham, a bootmaker, in 1870 and they had four children before the family emigrated to Otago in 1879 on the Margaret Galbraith.
They settled at Highcliff on the Otago Peninsula where they had a farm and where Margaret signed the suffrage petition.
Margaret died at their home 'Claremont', Highcliff on 15 December 1911 and Jacob died in 1918, they are buried with their son in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search 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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