Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jessie Campbell Cottle was born in Victoria, Australia in 1852 – the daughter of George Cottle, a carpenter, and Catherine Hillhouse Beck. (See 164 C Cottle)
The family sailed for Otago in March 1860 on the Gil Blas and settled in Dunedin.
Jessie married Frank Larking, a book binder, on 10 November 1873 in Dunedin and they had five children.
When Jessie signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Cargill Rd, South Dunedin.
Frank died at their home in 1921 and Jessie died on 14 March 1926, 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
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
Community contributions