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Mrs C. Welding

Signed family name
Welding
Signed given name
Mrs C.
Given address
Waikouaiti
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Waikouaiti
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Jeanie Welding was born about 1840 in Scotland.

When she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her husband Charles in Waikouaiti, north of Dunedin.

She died on November 4th 1896 and is buried in the Waikouaiti Cemetery.

In 1901 Charles was the subject of a presentation held in the Oddfellows Hall prior to “leaving the colony with the intention of settling with a relative in Indiana, U.S.A.”

Sources

DCC Cemetery Records

Otago Nominal Index

Papers Past

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.