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Mrs F. Jacobs

Signed family name
Jacobs
Signed given name
Mrs F.
Given address
North Beach
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Greymouth
City/Region
West Coast
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Frances Jane Dent Prince was born about 1865 in New Zealand – the daughter of Edward Prince, a farmer, and Hannah Smith.

She married Frank Jacobs, an engineer, in 1889 and they had two daughters.

When Frances signed the suffrage petition the family were living in North Beach, Greymouth.

Frances died on 15 September 1924 – she is buried in the Karoro Cemetery. 

Frank remarried in 1928 – he died in 1951.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz              

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/

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