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Mrs Rowaland

Signed family name
Rowaland
Signed given name
Mrs
Given address
Palmerston
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Palmerston
City/Region
Otago
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.

Jane Russell was born about 1838 in Scotland.

When she signed the suffrage petition she was living with her husband John Rowland, a farmer, in Palmerston in North Otago.

Jane died at her home on April 25th 1916 and John died in 1922. They are buried in the Palmerston Cemetery.

Sources

Family Search

Otago Nominal Index

Papers Past

Waitaki District Council Cemeteries

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