Signed family name
Finch
Signed given name
M.
Given address
North East Valley
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret Evelyn Finch was born in 1874 in Dunedin – the daughter of Samuel Finch, a carrier, and Elizabeth Strain. (See 164 Elizabeth Finch)
When she signed the suffrage petition Margaret was living with her family in North East Valley, Dunedin.
She married John Waddell Roberts, a tailor, in 1896 - they had seven children and lived in Hastings.
Margaret died on 26 May 1952 and John died in 1954, they are buried together in the Hastings Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Hastings District Council http://cemeterybase.hdc.govt.nz/
