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Jane McKaigue

Signed family name
McKaigue
Signed given name
Jane
Given address
Dundas St Dunedin
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
North Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Probably the mother of Henrietta McKaigue

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Jane McCracken was born about 1842, she was married to John McKaigue and they had two daughters before they emigrated to New Zealand about 1874.

The family settled in Auckland - their daughters died in 1875 and they had a further four children.

John died in 1891 and shortly after Jane and her children moved to Dunedin.

When she signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Dundas St.

Jane died on 13 June 1905 and is buried in the family grave 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

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.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.