suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Bailey
Given names: 
M.
Given address: 
Dalkeith NE Valley
Sheet No: 155
Town/Suburb: 
North Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Mabel Elizabeth Bailey was born in Worcestershire, England in 1874 – the daughter of George Bailey and Maria Cullis. (See 155 Mrs Bailey)

She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1879 on the Stadt Haarlem and they settled in Dunedin.

When Mabel signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Dalkeith, North East Valley.

She married farmer William Jennings in 1899 and they had five children.

Mabel died on 31 March 1950 at Woodend in Southland – she is buried in the Invercargill Eastern Cemetery.

According to the probate of Mabel’s will William had died sometime between when the will was written in 1944 and Mabel’s death.

Sources:

BDM online NZ   https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

Family Search   https://www.familysearch.org

GRO England   https://www.gro.gov.uk

Otago Nominal Index  http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Find a Grave    https://www.findagrave.com/

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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Sharon Donnelly

Posted: 25 Apr 2020

I believe this is Mabel Elizabeth Bailey, 1873-1950, my great-great aunt. The family address in 1883 is given as Dalkeith, North-East Valley. She married William Charles Jennings in 1889. The Mrs Bailey listed above is most likely her mother, Maria Bailey, 1851-1926, my great-great grandmother.