Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Mary Ann Watt was born in 1869 in New Zealand – the daughter of Alexander Watt, a dairyman, and Catherine McLeod. (See 170 Catherine Watt)
When Mary signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Watt’s Road, North East Valley working as a dressmaker.
She married Thomas Long, a jeweller, on 6 November 1901 and they had two children.
Mary died on 5 November 1937 and Thomas died in 1952 – they are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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