J. Black

Notes provided by Helen Edwards, who has carried out extensive research on the women who signed Sheet 156, including mapping where they lived.

J. Black, Roslyn (No. 33)

S. Black, Roslyn (No. 34)

Address: Northern side of Ross Street, close to Highgate.

In the area covered by this sheet – indeed, in the wider Roslyn area -there are only two possible candidates: Mrs Sarah Black and Jessie Black, school teacher, living in Ross Street. However, they have already signed the petition, on Sheet 108, giving their full names: Jessie Black, Ross Street, Roslyn, and Sarah Black, Ross Street, Roslyn. Mrs Sarah Black appears in the Stone’s directories in 1893 and 1894, living at the very top of Ross Street, and Jessie in the 1893 Caversham electoral roll, with a Ross Street address.  The top of Ross Street is strategically located on the route along Highgate from the Callenders (Nos. 30-32) to Ann Paterson’s (No. 35), except that the canvassers have to cross Highgate a couple of times. The handwriting on the two sets of signatures appears to be different.