Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane/Jeannie Milliken was born on 1 August 1870 in Ballyrogan, County Down, Ireland – the daughter of Margaret Mary Milliken. (See 118 Margaret McMurray)
She emigrated to New Zealand with her mother in the 1870s where her mother married Alexander McMurray, a farmer.
The family lived in Milton and when Jane signed the suffrage petition she was working as a dressmaker.
She married William McIntosh on 15 August 1900 in the Tokomairiro Parish and they had one daughter.
Jane died on 9 February 1947, she is buried in the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
William died in 1955, his burial place is unclear.
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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Irish Genealogy https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/
