Surname:
O'Neill
Given names:
Mary
Given address:
Household Duties
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Mary Whelan was born about 1868 in New Zealand – the daughter of Michael Whelan, a miner, and Honora March.
She married Hugh O’Neill, a farmer, in 1893 and when she signed the suffrage petition they were living in Palmerston.
They had 3 children and lived their whole married life in the Palmerston district.
Hugh died in 1940 and Mary died on November 29th 1951. They are both buried in the Palmerston Cemetery.
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