Originally transcribed as I. R. MacLeod
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Janet Robson McLeod was born on February 18th1865 in Renfrewshire, Scotland – the eldest child of Neil McLeod, a blacksmith, and Beatrice Robson. (See 132 Mrs N McLeod)
Janet’s family emigrated to New Zealand in 1880 but Janet did not accompany them – she may have arrived earlier.
Janet’s family lived in Mataura, where she signed the suffrage petition, although at the time she was living in Dunedin working as a machinist.
She married Alfred Allen, a potter, in 1897 and they lived at Sawyers Bay between Dunedin and Port Chalmers.
Alfred died in 1924 and Jessie died on 30 June 1946 – they are buried together in the Northern Cemetery.
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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/