Originally transcribed as T Hutchings
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Susannah Jenkins was born in 1844 in Reading, Berkshire, England – the daughter of James Jenkins, a plasterer, and Mary Ann Colburn.
She emigrated to Otago in 1874 on the Corona and the following year she married George Hutchings.
They had four children and when Susannah signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Cargill Rd, South Dunedin.
George died in 1914 in Dunedin and Susannah died on 2 July 1924 in Christchurch.
They are buried together in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.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.
Community contributions