Surname:
McLennan
Given names:
Mrs
Given address:
Palmerston
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Margaret Franklin was born about 1858 in Ayrshire, Scotland – the daughter of Thomas Franklin, a baker, and Margaret Spence.
She emigrated to Otago in 1879 on the Westland and the following year on March 26th she married John McLennan in the Palmerston parish.
They had 8 children, one who died in infancy. When Margaret signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Palmerston and John was working as a labourer.
He died at their home in 1914 and Margaret died on October 4th 1933. They are buried together 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.
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