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Jessie Henrietta

Signed family name
McLandress
Signed given name
Jessie Henrietta
Given address
Duncan Street
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Location confirmed 1893 Electoral Roll

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Jessie Henrietta McLandress was born in New Zealand in 1864 – the daughter of John McLandress, a boot merchant, and Isabella Taylor.

The family lived in Duncan St, Dunedin and when Jessie signed the suffrage petition she was working as a music teacher.

Jessie died in Wellington on 25 August 1908, she is buried in the Karori Cemetery, Wellington.

Sources

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

Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Wellington City Council https://wellington.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.