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Janet Robertson

Signed family name
Robertson
Signed given name
Janet
Given address
School Street
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Roslyn
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Janet/Jane Robertson was born about 1840.

When she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her husband Henry, a gardener, in School Street, Kaikorai, Dunedin.

Jane died at her home on 6 June 1908 – she is buried in the Northern Cemetery.

Henry re-married in 1910 – he died in Wellington Hospital and he is buried in the Karori Cemetery.

Sources:

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

Find a Grave  https://www.findagrave.com/

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.