Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane Fairbairn was born in New Zealand in 1862 – the daughter of Thomas Fairbairn, a bootmaker, and Elizabeth Simpson.
When Jane signed the suffrage petition she was living in Andersons Bay, Dunedin, probably with her parents, and working as a dressmaker. Her sister Elizabeth Lucy also signed the petition.
Jane died on 15 February 1915 at her brother’s house in Anderson Bay.
She is buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.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.
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