suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Henderson
Given names: 
J.
Given address: 
Duncan St
Sheet No: 58
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Jemima Henderson was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of William Henderson, a weighbridge keeper, and  Annie Smith.

When she signed the suffrage petition Jemima was living at the family home in Duncan St, Dunedin working as a dressmaker.

She married William Kerse, a stock dealer, in 1904.

In December  1916 they were living in Otautau in Southland and had 3 children, one had died in infancy.

The family drove to the Aparima River for a picnic and William was teaching his son to swim. While taking his son across the river on his back William sank below the water and drowned. The boy was saved by onlookers but they could not reach William.

In June the following year Jemima gave birth to a daughter.

She later moved to live in Invercargill where she died on 3 April 1964. She is buried with William in the Calcium Cemetery, Southland.

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

Southland District Council https://www.southlanddc.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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Bob M

Posted: 16 Sep 2023

This Jemima Smith HENDERSON was the daughter of David HENDERSON and Margaret - born 1879 in New Zealand