Originally transcribed as I McNeil
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane McMaster was born on 6 June 1835 in Kilmallie, Argyllshire, Scotland – the daughter of Donald McMaster, a shepherd, & Ann Gillies.
She emigrated to Otago with her family in 1849 on the Larkins and they settled at Waihola, south of Dunedin.
Jane married George Buchanan McNeil on 3 April 1856 at her home 'Fassfern' at Waihola and they had eight children.
George died in 1866, he is buried in the Warepa Cemetery.
When Jane signed the suffrage petition she was living with two of her children in Hanover St, Dunedin.
She died on 27 December 1898 and is buried with her two children in the Northern 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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
Going Abroad http://www.ngaiopress.com/drhocken.htm
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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