Signed family name
Stewart
Signed given name
Mrs J.
Given address
Greymouth
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane Patterson was born about 1830, possibly in England.
She married John Jamieson Stewart, a bootmaker, in 1868 in New Zealand and they had two daughters.
John died in Greymouth in 1890 – he is buried in the Karoro Cemetery.
When Jane signed the suffrage petition she was working as a dressmaker.
In the late 1890s Jane and her daughters, (See 246 S Stewart), moved to Wellington where she died on 5 September 1912 – she is buried with her daughters in the Karori Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/