Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Janet Gunn Harvey was born about 1859 in New Zealand – the daughter of Robert Harvey & Mary Gunn.
Janet grew up on the family farm at Woodside, West Taieri, south of Dunedin where she signed the suffrage petition.
Janet did not marry – she died on 26 November 1945 in Dunedin and is buried in the family grave in the West Taieri Cemetery.
Sources :
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
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/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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