Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Jane Riddle was born about 1860.
She married John Whyte on 29 January 1885 in the East Taieri parish.
They had seven children, three who died in infancy, and when Jane signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Grosvenor St, Kensington in Dunedin.
John died in 1930 and Jane died on 6 November 1949 – they are buried together 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
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.
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