Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jessie Maxwell was born in 1866 in Durham, England – the daughter of William Stuart Maxwell, a joiner, and Sarah Robson. (See 66 Mrs Maxwell)
When she emigrated to Otago with her family in 1880 on the Canterbury her occupation was given as pupil teacher.
When Jessie signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Cargill Rd, South Dunedin working as a teacher.
She did not marry and she died on 9 July 1958, she was cremated and her ashes scattered.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
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