Jessie/Jeannie Miller Durie was born on 15 November 1861 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland – the daughter of James Durie, a grocer, and Helen Brown.
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1881 on the “Nelson” and they settled in Dunedin.
When Jessie signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family at Montpellier, Dunedin and she was working as a saleswoman.
Jessie and her mother moved to Auckland where she died on 26 July 1956 – she was cremated and her ashes were interred in the Waikumete Cemetery.
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
Auckland Council https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries