suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Rowlandson
Given names: 
J. L.
Given address: 
Sunnydale
Sheet No: 155
Town/Suburb: 
North Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Jessie Louisa Ruth Adams was born about 1863 in New Zealand – the daughter of John James Adams, a tailor and farmer, and Elizabeth Noble.

Jessie married William Claret Rowlandson, a house decorator, on 3 January 1882 at her home in Dunedin.

They had eight children, one who died in infancy, and when Jessie signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Sunnydale, North East Valley.

They retired to Auckland in the 1920’s where William died in 1932 and Jessie died the following year on 26 December – they are buried together in the Hillsborough Cemetery.

Sources:

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

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

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

Presbyterian Research Centre   https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/           

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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Jackie Stoddard

Posted: 01 Nov 2020

Jessie Louisa Ruth ADAMS Married ROWLANDSON 1863–1933
BIRTH 19 MAY 1863 • Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
DEATH 26 DEC 1933 • 7 Rautangi Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand

She was my 2nd great-grandmother