Surname:
McDonald
Given names:
Jeannie
Given address:
Millburn
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Jane/Jeannie McDonald was born in 1871 in South Otago – the daughter of Donald McDonald, a farmer, and Margaret. (See 139 Mrs D McDonald)
Jeannie grew up on the family farm in Milburn where she signed the suffrage petition.
After her father’s death she went, with her mother and sisters, to live in Dunedin.
She died there on 3 November 1937 and is buried in the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
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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