Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jessie Davidson was born in 1833 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
She emigrated to New Zealand and married Alexander Davidson, a storekeeper, on 7 May 1867 in Dunedin.
They had one daughter (See 55 Annie J Davidson) and lived in Brown Street where Jessie & Annie signed the suffrage petition.
Alexander died in 1901 and Jessie died on 23 November 1902, they are buried together in the Northern 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.
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