Also signed as 137 Janet F. Bradfield
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Janet Forbes Lees was born on 26 October 1848 in Selkirk, Scotland - the daughter of Andrew Lees, a farmer, and Elizabeth Forbes.
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1860 on the Pladda and they settled near the Catlins River in South Otago.
Janet married Frederick Bradfield, a farmer, on 15 April 1875 at Owake Flat. They had eight children and lived at Tahatika in the Owaka Valley.
Frederick died in 1916 and Janet later moved to Balclutha.
She died on 3 December 1929 and is buried with Frederick and their son in the Clinton Cemetery in South Otago.
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
Balclutha Genealogical Society http://www.balcluthagenealogy.org.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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