Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane/Jeannie Louisa Cameron was born in 1862 in Victoria, Australia – the daughter of Duncan McIntyre Cameron and Alison Hamilton. (See 61 Alison H Cameron)
Jeannie came to Otago with her family in 1863 on the Red Jacket.
When she signed the suffrage petition Jeannie was living with her family in Dunedin working as a dressmaker.
She married John Lennie Matheson, a railway ganger, on 19 January 1898 in Dunedin.
They had three children and lived in Riverton in Southland.
Jeannie died on 22 June 1942 and John died in 1952, they are buried together in the Riversdale Cemetery, Southland.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Southland District Council https://www.southlanddc.govt.nz