Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jessie Watt Dalglish was born on 11 August 1852 in New Kilpatrick Dunbartonshire, Scotland – the daughter of Robert Dalglish, an engraver for a calico printer, and Catherine Watt.
The family emigrated to New Zealand about 1862 and settled in Dunedin.
Jessie did not marry, she lived with her family in Heriot Row and died on 18 October 1915.
She is buried with her family in the Southern Cemetery.
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
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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