Surname:
Hardy
Given names:
Mary
Given address:
Household Duties
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Mary was born about 1854 in Ireland.
In 1874 she emigrated to Otago on the William Davie with her husband Alexander, a railway labourer, and their daughter Mary.
They had a further 3 children after arrival and they lived in Invercargill, Orepuki, and Clinton. The family were living in Palmerston, Alexander working as an engine driver for the railways, when Mary signed the suffrage petition.
Mary died on May 27th 1914 at Dunedin Hospital and Alexander died in Invercargill in 1932. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
Community contributions