See also Caversham research databases
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Janet/Jessie Wright was born on 27 March 1856 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland – the daughter of Robert Wright, a labourer, and Marion Paterson.
She married Richard Jack in 1883 and they emigrated to Otago soon after.
They had four children, one who died in childhood, and when Jessie signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Clark St, Caversham, Dunedin.
They later moved to Maitland St where Jessie died on 23 March 1926 and Richard died in 1934.
They are buried with their daughter in the Southern 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
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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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