Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Marion May Alberta Baxter was born about 1875 - she married Matthew Daniel Wreathall, a commercial traveller, on 17 March 1886 in Dunedin.
They had two children and when Marion signed the suffrage petition she was living in George St, Dunedin.
Shortly after they moved to Christchurch where Matthew was adjudged bankrupt in 1903.
Marion died at Palmerston North on 2 October 1933 and Matthew died two months later, they are buried together in the Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Christchurch City Council http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com
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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