Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Jane Thompson was born on 25 October 1860 in Glasgow, Scotland – the daughter of George Thompson, a shoemaker, and Agnes McMillan. (See 90 Mrs Thompson)
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1874 on the Janet Court and they settled in Dunedin.
She married William Williams, an expressman, in 1878 and they had nine children, two who died in infancy.
When Jane signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Melville St and Jane was running a second hand shop.
Jane died at her home on 13 January 1915 and William died in 1919 – they are buried together in the Southern 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
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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