Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Janet Peterson was born about 1836 Glasgow, Lanarkshire – the daughter of Peter Peterson and Mary Smith.
Her family emigrated to Otago in 1849 on the Mooltan and settled in Dunedin.
Jessie did not marry and when she signed the suffrage petition she was living in Clyde St, Mornington (possibly with her sister Florence & her family).
She died on 16 July 1913 and is buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
Going Abroad http://www.ngaiopress.com/drhocken.htm
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/