Surname:
Ritchie
Given names:
Jane
Given address:
Household Duties
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Jane Ross McKenzie was born about 1844 in Rosshire, Scotland.
She married John Shearer Ritchie, a railway labourer, in New Zealand in 1889. When she signed the suffrage petition they were living in Palmerston.
Jane died at her home on June 14th 1920 and John died at Dunedin in 1934. They are buried in the Palmerston Cemetery.
Sources
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
Community contributions