Originally transcribed as J. Forsyht
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane Malcolm Forsyth was born in 1868 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Forsyth and Agnes McMillan.
When Jane signed the suffrage petition she was living in Andersons Bay, Dunedin.
She married Frederick Fulton Valpy, a miner, on 27 December 1900 at the Glenorchy Mission Hall and they had three children.
They lived in Glenorchy, Hyde and Outram before moving to Andersons Bay where they had a farm.
Jane died on 9 November 1953 and Frederick died in 1963 – they are buried together in the Green Island Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
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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