Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jessie Annandale was born about 1838, probably in Scotland.
She married John Watters, a contractor, in 1865 and they had two sons.
When Jessie signed the suffrage petition she gave her address as Dowling St, Dunedin.
John died in 1910 and Jessie died on 24 June 1917, they are buried together in the family grave 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
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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