Signed family name
Kennedy
Signed given name
J.
Given address
Greymouth
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane Frances Rooney was born about 1842, in County Leithrim, Ireland.
She married carter, Martin Kennedy in New Zealand in 1869 and they had six children, one who died in infancy.
When Jane signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Greymouth.
Martin died in 1904 and Jane died at her home on 10 May 1909 – they are buried together in the Karoro Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
