Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Janet Fairley was born on 11 October 1838 in Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland — the daughter of John Fairley, an agricultural labourer, and Catherine Marshall.
In the 1840s her mother died and her father re-married.
In 1861 Janet emigrated to Otago on the “Lady Egidia” with her sister Margaret (See 61 Margaret Pinkerton) and three half-siblings Helen (See 61 Nellie Dickison), aged 14 and twins Thomas and John aged 12.
Janet did not marry and when she signed the suffrage petition was living in High St, Dunedin.
She died on 13 May 1918 and is buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz
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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