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Jane Lennon

Signed family name
Lennon
Signed given name
Jane
Given address
Orepuki
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Orepuki
City/Region
Southland
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Jane Doran was born about 1839 in Ireland – the daughter of William Doran, a labourer, and Eliza.

She emigrated to New Zealand and she married Thomas Alexander Lennon in 1869.

They had seven children and lived in Orepuki in Southland where Jane signed the suffrage petition and Thomas worked as a miner.

Jane died on 15 July 1911 and Thomas died the following year, they are buried together in the Orepuki 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

Southland District Council https://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/

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.