Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Rachel Jane (known as Jane) Clarke was born about 1860 – she married Robert Wilson, a cabinetmaker, in 1885 in New Zealand.
They had, at least seven children, two who died in infancy, and when Jane signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Cargill Rd, South Dunedin.
They later moved to Nelson St, South Dunedin where Jane died on 25 August 1908, she is buried with three of her children in the Southern Cemetery.
Robert died in 1926 when he threw himself under a train, he is buried in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
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
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.
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