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Jeanie Robertson

Signed family name
Robertson
Signed given name
Jeanie
Given address
Helena Street
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
South Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Jeanie Crawford was born in 1861 in New Zealand – the daughter of Peter Crawford & Mary Ann Dixon.

She married John Robertson, a metal worker, in 1887 and they had six children.

When Jeanie signed the suffrage petition they were living in Helena St, South Dunedin.

John died in 1935 and Jeanie died at her home on 2 October 1938 – they are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.

Sources:

BDM online NZ   https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

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.