Originally transcribed as Lexly Lane
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Lexey Carnegie Dunbar was born about 1843 in Kincardineshire, Scotland – the daughter of John Dunbar, a carpenter, and Ann Ayre.
She emigrated to New Zealand and she married John James Lane, an accountant, on 5 September 1870 at Waihola.
They had 10 children and lived in Milton where Lexey signed the suffrage petition.
John died in 1896 and Lexey died at her home in Milton on 26 September 1912. They are buried in the family grave in the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/