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George Matthew Snelson and wife Louisa Matilda Snelson are shown here in the garden of their Fitzherbert Street home. George was the first mayor of Palmerston North and he and his wife are known as "the mother and father of Palmerston North."

Louisa was one of approximately 523 Palmerston North women who signed the Suffrage petition, submitted to Parliament in 1893.

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Image
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2013P_Pi496_006600
Title
George Matthew and Louisa Matilda Snelson
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pi496
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Palmerston North Suffrage Signatory

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Date
circa 1885

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