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Mrs John Black

Signed family name
Black
Signed given name
Mrs John
Given address
George St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Central Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Janet/Jessie McGregor was born about 1840 in Scotland, she married John Anthony Black on 1 January 1866 in Dunedin and they had six children.

When Janet signed the suffrage petition the family were living in George St, Dunedin.

John died in 1901 and Janet died on 2 July 1929, they are buried together in the Northern Cemetery.

Sources

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

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

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

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

Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/

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