Town/suburb changed from Wakari to South Dunedin
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Dorothy Jacques was born in Northumberland, England in 1850 – the daughter of Andrew Jacques, a coal miner, and Elizabeth Parker.
She married William Blackie, also a coal miner, in 1867 and they had six children before they emigrated to New Zealand about 1880.
They settled in Dunedin and had a further seven children which included two sets of twins.
When Dorothy signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Main Rd, South Dunedin and William was working as a coal dealer.
He died in 1899 and Dorothy died at their daughter’s home on 27 February 1922. They are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
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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