Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jessie/Janet Hardie was born on 23 August 1845 in Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland – the daughter of Charles Hardie, a farm servant, and Christian Guild.
She married William Hain, a weighing machine maker and lay preacher, on 13 January 1865 in Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire and they had six children, one who died in infancy.
In 1880 the family emigrated to Otago on the Marlborough and they settled in Invercargill before moving to Orepuki where Jessie signed the suffrage petition and William worked as a 'home missionary'.
In 1898 they left Orepuki and lived for a time in Dunback before moving to Mayfield in Canterbury where William was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.
Jessie died in Ashburton in July 1908 and is buried in the Ashburton Cemetery.
William died in 1943 in Kennington near Invercargill, he is buried with Jessie in Ashburton.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Ashburton District Council https://infoservices.adc.govt.nz/
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk