suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Wilson
Given names: 
Mrs J.
Given address: 
Maitland St
Sheet No: 37
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Louisa Jelley was born in 1871 in London - the daughter of James Jelley, a bootmaker, and Louisa Atkins.

The family emigrated to Otago in 1874 on the Tweed.

Louisa attended Mornington School. In 1891 she married James Young Wilson, a seaman - they had four children.

Louisa died on 22 September 1921 and James died in 1927. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.

Sources

Otago Nominal Index  http://marvin.otago.ac.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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