Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jessie Reid was born about 1840 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
She came to New Zealand in the early 1860s and she married William Evans, a sailmaker, on 9 June 1863 in the Tapanui parish.
They had 11 children and they lived, at first, at Evansdale north of Dunedin.
In 1882 their home was destroyed by fire due to a defective chimnery.
After this the family moved to Dunedin and when Jessie signed the suffrage pettion they were living in Maria Rd, South Dunedin.
Three of their sons died between 1895 and 1904.
Jessie died at her home on 29 April 1907 and William died in 1915 – they are buried together 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/