Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane/Jeannie Rafferty was born c1865 in County Armagh, Ireland – the daughter of William Rafferty.
She emigrated to New Zealand where she married bootmaker William Robson on 30 November 1892 in Dunedin.
They had no children and when Jane signed the suffrage petition they were living in Mornington.
William died at Seacliff in 1912 and Jane died in Wellington on 1 March 1938.
They are buried together in the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/