Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Margaret was born about 1852 in Glenlyon, Perthshire, Scotland.
She married John Fisher Campbell, a spirit dealer, about 1880 and they had five children before they emigrated to Auckland in 1889 on the Arawa.
They had a further two children after their arrival and spent about three years in Sawyers Bay near Dunedin before moving to Owaka in 1890 where Margaret signed the suffrage petition.
In later life they lived in nearby Cannibal Bay where they had a farm before retiring to Owaka.
John died in Owaka in 1929 and Margaret died on 21 March 1941 at her daughter’s home in Owaka. They are buried in the Owaka Cemetery.
Her obituary said she 'was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church, and a helper in every good cause'.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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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