Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane/Jean Ann Kemp Lawrence was born about 1858.
She married Robert Polson, a labourer, on 14 October 1875 in Oamaru.
They had three children and when Jane signed the suffrage petition they were living in Georgetown in North Otago.
Robert died in 1916 and Jane died on 11 July 1948, they are buried together in the Georgetown Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Waitaki District Council https://www.waitaki.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries
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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