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Mary Annie Moore
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TitleMary Annie Moore
Alternative NameMary Annie ThomsonSummaryA woman of Selwyn who signed the 1893 Suffrage PetitionDescription1892 Suffrage Petition - page 451/257
1893 Suffrage Petition - page 2
1893 Electoral Roll - 2750First NameMary Middle NameAnnieLast NameMooreDate of Birth1866 Place of BirthCourtenay, Selwyn, Canterbury, New ZealandDate of Death17 September 1897Place of DeathChristchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandAge at Death31Parents or Next of KinJohn Moore
Hannah Watson
James Barr ThomsonOther Biographical InformationMary Annie Moore was born in 1866, daughter of John Moore and Hannah nee Watson. Her parents had farmed at Annat from the 1870s. On 4 December 1889, at Riverview Farm, she married James Barr Thomson, of Ayreshire, son of Robert Thomson and Helen White. Mary Ann signed the 1892 Suffrage petition on page 451/257 and then the 1893 Suffrage petition on page 2. She enrolled to vote on the 1893 Electoral Roll at number 2750. Sadly, she died just four years later aged only 31 in Riccarton, Christchurch. Her body was returned to her father's farm "Rockdale" at Annat and from there her funeral cortege left for her internment in the Kowai Pass Cemetery, Springfield. She was buried beside her maternal grandfather, William Watson who had died on 4 October1889 just before she was married and had left her a quarter share of his estate. Her widower James left New Zealand and in October the following year married in South Africa a widow Mrs Jeanie McFarlane nee Logan.
NZ BDM Birth 1866/19387 Moore Mary Anne Hannah John
Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7440, 4 January 1890, Page 4
Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11377, 18 September 1897, Page 1
Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9835, 18 September 1897, Page 10
Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9835, 18 September 1897, Page 10
Alternative NameMary Annie ThomsonSummaryA woman of Selwyn who signed the 1893 Suffrage PetitionDescription1892 Suffrage Petition - page 451/2571893 Suffrage Petition - page 2
1893 Electoral Roll - 2750
First NameMary Middle NameAnnieLast NameMooreDate of Birth1866 Place of BirthCourtenay, Selwyn, Canterbury, New ZealandDate of Death17 September 1897Place of DeathChristchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandAge at Death31Parents or Next of KinJohn MooreHannah Watson
James Barr Thomson
Other Biographical InformationMary Annie Moore was born in 1866, daughter of John Moore and Hannah nee Watson. Her parents had farmed at Annat from the 1870s. On 4 December 1889, at Riverview Farm, she married James Barr Thomson, of Ayreshire, son of Robert Thomson and Helen White. Mary Ann signed the 1892 Suffrage petition on page 451/257 and then the 1893 Suffrage petition on page 2. She enrolled to vote on the 1893 Electoral Roll at number 2750. Sadly, she died just four years later aged only 31 in Riccarton, Christchurch. Her body was returned to her father's farm "Rockdale" at Annat and from there her funeral cortege left for her internment in the Kowai Pass Cemetery, Springfield. She was buried beside her maternal grandfather, William Watson who had died on 4 October1889 just before she was married and had left her a quarter share of his estate. Her widower James left New Zealand and in October the following year married in South Africa a widow Mrs Jeanie McFarlane nee Logan.NZ BDM Birth 1866/19387 Moore Mary Anne Hannah John
Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7440, 4 January 1890, Page 4
Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11377, 18 September 1897, Page 1
Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9835, 18 September 1897, Page 10
Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9835, 18 September 1897, Page 10
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Subject (Keywords)Suffrage, AnnatPlaceAnnat
PlaceAnnatMilitary Service
Memorial or CemeteryKowai Pass Cemetery, Springfield
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Mary Annie Moore. Selwyn Stories, accessed 09/05/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/5675