suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Waugh
Given names: 
Emily Jane
Given address: 
Ness Street
Sheet No: 362
Town/Suburb: 
Invercargill
City/Region: 
Southland
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Emily Jane Salsbury was born about 1833 in Hull, Yorkshire, England – the daughter of Charles Salsbury and Sarah Belfore.

She married Thomas Waugh on 15 June 1858 in Lowick, Northumberland.

The following year Emily and Thomas emigrated to Otago on the Alpine.

They had eight children and lived in Invercargill where they ran a grocery shop before Thomas was appointed as the first Corporation Gardener.

When Emily signed the suffrage petition they were living in Ness Street near their daughter Emily Kingsland. (See 362 Emily Jane Kingsland)

Thomas died in 1896 and Emily died on 10 August 1903. They are buried together in the Invercargill Eastern Cemetery.

Sources

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

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz

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

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

Invercargill City Council https://icc.govt.nz

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.

Community contributions

2 comments have been posted about Emily Jane Waugh

What do you know?

Roselyn Drake

Posted: 23 Dec 2021

He went as a shepherd with Francis and Sarah Hamilton opening up sheep country near L Mavora

Lesley Handcock

Posted: 28 May 2020

Kia ora Katherine Blakeley

I wonder whether you are related to Emily Jane Waugh (nee Salisbury)?
She was my GGGrandmother.