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Jessie Davidson

Signed family name
Davidson
Signed given name
Jessie
Given address
Brown St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

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.