Signed family name
Shepherd
Signed given name
Janet
Given address
Tapanui
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Janet Sutherland was born about 1858, she married Edward Shepherd, a builder, on 20 November 1878 in the Waitahuna Parish.
They had five children and when Janet signed the suffrage petition were living in Tapanui, South Otago.
Jessie died at Tapanui on 9 November 1933 and Edward died in 1936, they are buried together in the Tapanui Cemetery.
Sources
Clutha District Council https://www.cluthadc.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Archives http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives