Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Catherine McCormack was born about 1842.
She married Harry Jay, a carpenter, on 7 January 1863 at St Joseph’s Church, Dunedin.
They had 10 children and when Catherine signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Leith St, Dunedin.
When they celebrated their Golden Wedding they were living in Christchurch.
They moved back to Leith St soon after where Catherine died on December 28 1914.
Harry died in 1923, they are buried in the family grave 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
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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