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Women’sSuffragePetition,1893:Sheet156AGeographicalInterpretation

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Thepathof Sheet156 follows the streets of the ‘OriginalTownshipofRoslyn’, JamesKilgour’s1862subdivisionofpartofhisRosslynland,andhis1874subdivisionofthenorthernsection.Roslynbecameaboroughin1878,andthisareawasnamedKilgourWard.JamesKilgourwasScottish,asweremostofthewomenwhosignedthepetition;borninKinross,hearrivedinDunedinin1854onboardthebrigantineClutha,builtforthepartnersofRossandKilgour. Kilgour’stwo-storeyedstonestore,built in1860onthe cornerofPrinces andRattray Streets,was themost imposingbuilding in townatthattime.HebecameRoslyn’sfirstmayor.

The first subdivisionwas sold inMarch1862andthebuyerswere amixtureofsettlersandspeculators. Apopulationsurge followedthe introduction in1881of theRoslyncablecarservice.Withitsproximitytotown,beautifulviewsofharbour,oceanandhills,andtheamenityvalueoftheTownBelt,thiswasanareaofstabilityandclosefamilynetworks.Manypropertiesremainedinafamilyfortwogenerations.

I have traced the route taken by the canvassers from the Women’s FranchiseLeagueduringFebruaryandMarchof1893,asystematictraverseofthispartofRoslyn.A trackwas also available to the canvassersas an alternativewalking routeon thesemetalled,noexitroads;astripofreservelandranfromLawsonStreettoMichieStreet.Theareawaswell-knowntotheLeague’sPresident,MarionHatton;sheownedpropertyinMichieStreet in the late1880s. Thenamesofotherwomen livinginKilgourWardappearelsewhereinthepetition,astheytookopportunitiestosignsheetspassedfromhandtohand,fromfriendtofriend,acrossthecityandbeyond.

Biographies of the Sheet 156women follow the order of the signatures on thesheet. An accompanyingmapplotswhere theywere living. Some can be accuratelylocatedbythelegaldescriptionoftheirland.Forothers,inrentalaccommodation,thelocationsareapproximate.Familieswhoremainedinonespotacquiredstreetnumbersin1907,butmanyof thesechangedasmorehouseswerebuilt. Ihavebracketed theearlystreetnumbers,andaddedcurrentnumberswherepossible. Highgate,Roslyn’smainroad,wasknownasHighStreetin1893.

TheyoungestsignatorywasJessieArmstrong,aged24;theeldestwasBathiaMoirat 75. Their religious denominationwas Presbyterian, unless otherwise stated. Forsomeofthesewomen,aquietsuburbinadistantdominionprovidednoprotectionfrompersonalinvolvementinworldevents. SeventeenoftheirsonsservedoverseasintheFirst World War, including one conscientious objector; and one daughter, who wasattachedto theNewZealandArmyNursingCorps. Fivewerewounded, fourkilled inaction,andonediedofinfluenzaashesailedtowardsEnglandinthelastweeksofthewar.

1, 2, 3 Allotment numbers

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Boundary of the Township of Roslyn

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Boundary lines added after 1893

Extant dwelling (2018) was occupied by petitioner.

Text in black: actual locationText in red: approximate locationText in blue: location unknownText in green: From 1884-1889 the property of Marion Hatton, President of the Women’s Franchise League.

Map by Philippa Keaney

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A visuAl representAtion of sheet 156Based on the subdivision plan of James Kilgour’s Township of Roslyn

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EmmaHarland,neeTummons[EmmaHarland,Roslyn](No.1)Land description: Allotment 7, Block 1, Township of Roslyn. Address: (15) LawsonStreet.Agein1893:55years.Religiousdenomination:Wesleyan/Anglican.Emma Tummons was born in Streatham, Surrey, about 1838. In 1864 she marriedThomasHarland,alandagent,bornabout1833 inHull,Yorkshire. ThemarriagewasregisteredinCroyden. Alltheirchildren,perhapseightintotal,wereborninEngland.TheyemigratedontheKaikoura toWellingtonin1885,andsettledinRoslynthesameyear. Thomasworkedasacommissionagentandwasanavidcollectorofcuriosities.He died in 1907, aged 74 and Emma in 1926, aged 89 years. They are buried inDunedin’sNorthernCemetery. Theirson,ThomasPercy,wasaconscientiousobjectoron religious grounds during the FirstWorldWar. In July 1917 he was forcibly sentoverseasontheWaitematawithArchibaldBaxterandtwelveothers. Attheageof44,he spend18months inFrance, assigned to theNewZealandMedicalCorps. Apianotunerincivilianlife,hediedat15LawsonStreetin1938.

AliceMaryLittlejohn,neePerry[AliceM.Littlejohn,Roslyn](No.2)Land description: Allotment 8, Block 1, Roslyn. Address: Lawson Street, Roslyn, alsoknownasSwansonStreet.Agein1893:28years.Alice Mary Perry, born about 1865, came to Dunedin from Woodend, Victoria. Shemarried James Johnston Littlejohn, a draper’s assistant, born about 1866, who hademigrated fromAberdeenabout1885. Theymarried inDunedin in1889, inStPaul’sAnglicanpro-cathedral, though Jameswas amemberof theFirstChurchPresbyteriancongregation. TheylivedattheLawsonStreetpropertyJameshadpurchasedin1887,and their eldest children were born here. Alice gave birth to eight sons and onedaughter.Onesondiedinearlychildhood.Fourfoughtonthefrontline,whereJamesAlexanderLittlejohnwaskilled,andtheotherthreewounded.AlfredLittlejohn,fightingwiththeAustralianforces,wasawardedtheMilitaryCross.In1894theysoldtheirsix-roomedRoslynhomeandmovedtoWanganui,whereJameshadsuccessfullytenderedfor a drapery business. For sixteen years he promoted his drapery with reasonableprices and extensive and enterprising advertising; he presented school prizes, gavepublicdonationsandsangatlocalevents.In1911theywentfarmingatOngaOngaandretired toPahiatuaabout1920. Alicedied in1921,aged56,and Jamesdied in1933,aged77years.TheyareburiedinthePahiatuaCemetery.

MargaretMcGregor,neeGovan[MargaretMcGregor,Roslyn](No.3)Landdescription:Allotment6,Block1,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:17LawsonStreet.Agein1893:62years.MargaretGovanwasborninAnderston,Glasgow,in1831.HerparentswereAnnFinlayandJamesGovan.Beforehermarriage,shewasanursemaid.In1855shemarriedJohnMcGregor,acalicoprinter,bornnearGlasgowabout1831. Hisobituarysaysthattheyemigrated with their young family on the Gambia in 1862. Following a stint at thediggings,JohnsetupaphotographicbusinessinDunedinin1862,usingengravingandphotographic skills gained in Glasgow. The only other professional photographer intownat the timewasWilliamMeluish,Dunedin’s ‘fatherofphotography’,whohadsetuphisstudioin1860. JohnMcGregor’ssister,MaryEglin,whoalsosignedSheet156,livedafewdoorsawayinBruceStreet. TheMcGregors’twoyoungdaughters,borninScotland,diedwithinadayofeachotherin1864.Thecausewasscarletfever,prevalentatthetime.Twomorechildrendiedin1868,withindaysoftheirbirths.In1870theyboughtasectioninLawsonStreet,wheretheylivedouttheirlives. Johndiedin1894,and Margaret in 1903, aged 71. They are buried in the Southern Cemetery. TheMcGregorfamilyoccupiedthepropertyuntil1960.Obituary:JohnMcGregor.EveningStar,15October1894.

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SarahLillianMillar,neeRoss[SarahLillianMillar,Roslyn](No.4)Address:BruceStreet(renting,mostlikelyat32BruceStreet). Agein1893:34years.Religiousdenomination:Anglican.Sarah Lillian Ross, the daughter of James and Eleanor Ross, of Lisnaskea, NorthernIreland,wasbornabout1859.In1882,shemarriedJohnAndrewMillar,inWellington.Johnwasbornin1855inthePunjab,India,wherehisfather,JohnCraufurdMillar,wasalieutenantintheBritishArmy. HearrivedinNewZealandin1870,ontheJamesNicolFleming and began a career as a seaman. In 1887 he was elected the first fulltimegeneral secretary of the Federated Seamen’s Union of New Zealand. He helped toestablish theTailoresses’UnionofNewZealand, the first tradeunion forwomen,andtookofficeasitsfirstsecretaryin1889.OurannualLabourDayholidayispartlyduetohis work. His election to the Chalmers seat in 1893 was the start of 21 years inparliament,which includedministerial posts in labour,marine, customsand railways.OneofhismanyinterestswastheDunedinFreeKindergartenAssociation. HediedinAucklandin1915.

TheMillarsmoved to Dunedin about 1887with two children and another wasbornin1891.IntheFirstWorldWar,HawthorneMcKenzieMillar,anengineer,servedwiththeDivisionalSignalsCompany,andHaroldJamesMillarasatrooperintheOtagoMountedRifles.SarahwaslivinginBruceStreet,Roslyn,in1893,whenshesignedthepetition. Theymovedto21HighStreet,Roslyn, justnorthof theRoslynPresbyterianChurch,whereshediedafterashortillnessin1906,aged47.HerfuneralwasattendedbythePremier,theHon.SirJ.G.Ward.Inasadlittleturnofevents,ElsieKettle(No.16),a neighbour of theMillars, lost her two year-olddaughter on the day ofMrsMillar’sfuneral.Roth,Herbert.Millar,JohnAndrew,1855–1915,Seaman,tradeunionleader,politician.DictionaryofNewZealandBiography,Volume2,1993SouthernPeople:adictionaryofOtagoSouthlandbiography.Millar,JohnAndrew(1855-1915),p.341.

MaryDicksonMillar,neeRea[MaryD.Millar,Roslyn](No.5)Address:BruceStreet.Agein1893:67years.MaryDicksonMillarisbelievedtohavebeenlivinginthehouseholdofSarah(No.4)andJohnMillar.ShewasthewidowofJamesPolandMillar,arelationofJohnMillar,borninEdinburghin1820.MarywasborninMidlothianin1826,thedaughterofJohnRae.Hermother’sname isunknown. Maryand Jamesmarried inEdinburgh in1845andMarygavebirthtoninechildren.About1864theyarrivedinDunedin,wheretheiryoungestchildwasborn.JameswasanaccountantintheLandOfficefornearly20years,auditorof theStandardProperty InvestmentSocietyandanElder in thePresbyterianChurch.In aperiodof financial difficulty in1878, hewasdeclaredbankrupt. In1881he andtheirson,WalterOliphant,signedthedeedsfortwoadjoiningpropertiesinRossStreet,Roslyn. Maryand James lived inRossStreetuntilJames’sdeath in1885andby1890Mary was renting out their house. She died in 1905, aged 79, at the house of herdaughter,JaneJohnstonCaffin.SheisburiedinDunedin’sNorthernCemeterywithherhusband.Obituary:JamesPolandMillar.OtagoWitness,26September1885

MaryColquhounEglin,neeMcGregor[MaryC.Eglin,Roslyn](No.6)Landdescription:Allotment9,Block1,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:27BruceStreet.Agein1893:50years.Religiousdenomination:Congregational.MaryMcGregor,bornatElderslie,Renfrew,in1840,wasthedaughterofMargaretandGregorMcGregor.ShemayhavetravelledtoDunedinwithherbrotherJohnandfamilyin1862. Living inDunedin, in1864shemarriedGlasgow-born leathermerchantandmanufacturer,DavidEglin,whoemigratedontheRobertHendersonin1861.Maryhadeightchildrenbetween1864and1882.TheirfirstsonwasborninWaikouaiti,anddied

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5weekslater.DavidbrieflyownedlandinLawsonStreetinthemid-1860s,thenheandMaryreturnedtoScotland,wherethreesonswereborn.TheyreturnedtoNewZealandin1874onboardtheMairiBhan,withtwosurvivingsons.DavidpurchasedtheirBruceStreet section in 1878. Four girlswere born there, and educated at Kaikorai School.Mary’sbrother,JohnMcGregor,livedclosebyinLawsonStreet.HiswifeMargaretalsosigned Sheet 156. David Eglin died in 1896, and the following year Mary and herdaughtersmoved toWellington to livewithher surviving son,Walter. By1911 theywerebackinBruceStreet,rentingNo.15,thoughthehouseatNo.27remainedinthefamily until 1929. Mary died at 15 Bruce Street in 1917, aged 74, and is buried inDunedin’sSouthernCemeterywithherhusband.MaryCrawford,neeCameron;MrsMaryWalker[MaryCrawford,Roslyn](No.7)Landdescription:Allotment1,Block2,TownshipofRoslyn. Address:2Bruce Street.Agein1893:54years.MaryCameronwasborninScotlandabout1842,andemigratedontheJurain1862,asadomesticservant.In1864shemarriedaseaman,WilliamWalker,inDunedin.CaptainWalkerdiedin1874afteralongillness. MaryWalkerwasa40year-oldwidowwhenshemarriedwidowerJamesCrawford,aRenfrewshirestonemason,in1880. Sheandher three children lived with James’ family by his firstwife, MaryMcNeill (who hadsailedonthesameJuravoyageasMaryCameron),inthestonecottageJamesbuiltabout1867, still standing today on the corner of Ross and Bruce Streets. Mary and JamesCrawfordhadadaughterandthreesons,twoofwhomwerekilledinFranceduringtheFirstWorldWar—Sergeant Stanley Hutson Crawford in September 1916 and Lance-CorporalJohnCameronCrawfordinJanuary1917.FourofMary’schildrenpredeceasedher—hersonWilliamWalkerdiedin1902anddaughterIsabellaWalker(MrsKilgour)in1913. Jamesdied inBruceStreetin1918,aged81,andMarywentto livewithheryoungest daughter, Mabel Allan Napier, in Hart Street, Roslyn. She travelled toWellingtonwiththeNapiersin1921anddiedofaheartattackonJuly20,1922,aged80.Hersuddendeathduringthenightwasthesubjectofan inquest. She isburiedintheCrawfordfamilygraveinDunedin’sNorthernCemetery.PersonalcommunicationfromPaulineMcCowan,adescendantofMaryCrawford.AnnieGreen[AnnieGreen,Roslyn](No.8)Address:BruceStreet.Agein1893unknown.Religiousdenominationunknown.WhowasAnnieGreen? Shemayhavebeen thedaughterofMaryGreen,whosenameappearsnextonthepetition. Mary isknowntohavehadchildrenintheBruceStreethousehold,probablyborninIreland.However,the1894CavershamElectoralRolllistsanothersetofGreenslivinginBruceStreet—AnnieandWilliamGreene,artist.AnAnnieMcKenziemarriedWilliamGreenin1891,andfurtherelectoralrollsshowtheGreensinWestportfrom1896.Williamwasthenmoreprosaicallyemployedasacarter,andlaterasalivery-stablekeeper.Hediedbefore1911.TheAnnieGreenofthepetitioncouldbeAnnieMcKenzie. It isalsoprobablethatWilliamGreenisthesonofMary(No.9)andSamuelGreen.Annie’sboldsignatureiswrittenconfidentlyandprominentlyacrosstheentirepageofSheet156.MaryGreen[MaryGreen,Roslyn](No.9)Land description: Allotment 8, Block 2, Township of Roslyn. Address: 34/36 BruceStreet.Agein1893unknown.Religiousdenominationunknown.MaryGreenwasmarried to SamuelGreen,whowasborn in Irelandabout1828, andemigrated on the Jessie Readman in November 1871. They did not marry in NewZealand,andtheirchildrenwerebornelsewhere.In1875theyboughtahouseinBruceStreet,whichburneddownin1881,butwasfortunatelycoveredbyinsurance.SamuelwasDogRegistrarfortheRoslynBoroughCouncilfrom1877untilabout1885,andateadealer. Hissuddendeath inMarch1885, fromaheart attack, occurredwhilehewas

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labouring on the Fernhill branch railway line near Green Island. According tonewspaper reports, his son-in-law, John Edward Shaw, was mine manager in theFernhillCompany.Theaccountnotedthat‘deceasedwas57yearsofage,andleavesawidowandfamilyresidinginRoslyn’.Afurthermisfortunefollowedin1897,whentheBruceStreethousewasthesubjectofamortgageesale.TheGreensseemtohavehadnoequityremaining in theproperty,and thevendorwasMaryDavyorDavey,widow,ofDublin,Ireland,whohadlenttheGreens£100in1875.Maryandthefamilymayhavefacedanuncertainfuture.Shedoesnotappearinanyfurtherdirectories.Inquest.OtagoDailyTimes,6March1885.LMorgan[L.Morgan,Roslyn](No.10)L.Morgandoesnotappear in theBruce Street area, or anywhere else inRoslyn. Shemayhavebeenadomesticservantoravisitor.Shedoesnotspecificallygiveanaddressonthepetition.AgnesGrayBannerman[AgnesGrayBannerman,Roslyn](No.11)Address:Bruce Street (a rental property, probably17Bruce Street). Age in1893:27years.AgneswastheyoungestchildofJaneBurnsandtheRev.WilliamBannerman.ShewasthegranddaughterofDunedinfounders,theRev.ThomasBurnsandhiswifeClementinaGrant,whoemigratedonthePhilipLaingin1848.Herfatherwasoneofthefirstthreeministersof theOtagoPresbyterianChurch. Heemigratedon theStately in1854andmarriedJaneBurnsin1856.Agneswasbornon23Sept1866,atthePueruamanse,inthe Clutha area of SouthOtagowhere her father spentmost of hisworking life. Thefamily moved to Roslyn in 1884 following a bad accident, which led to her father’sretirement.TheylivedatseveralRoslynaddressesbeforehisdeathin1902,butin1893were in Bruce Street. In 1905 Agnes married John Reid Wilson, son of Dunedinrailwayman,JamesCampbellWilson,whosefamilyhadmissionaryconnectionswiththeOtagoPresbyterianChurch.AgnesandJohnlivedinHalfwayBushuntilthelate1920s,thentookupfarmingatTawanui,intheCluthaarea.Agnesdiedthereon1April1951,predeceasingherhusband,whodiedin1958.SheisburiedintheRomahapaCemetery.HersisterAnnWilhelmina(Minna),marriedtoSpencerRichards,livedtwoblocksawayinHartStreet,andsignedSheet105.AliceMaryGrey[AliceM.Grey,Roslyn](No.12)andJaneKippinGrey,neeBrotherston[JaneGrey,Roslyn](No.13)Landdescription:Allotment12,Block1,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:15BruceStreet.Alice’sagein1893:31years;Jane’sagein1893:74years.Jean(Jane)KippinBrotherstonwasborninEdinburghin1819,thedaughterofNicolAndrewBrotherstonandJeanKippen. SheemigratedwithherbrotherCharlesontheLarkins in1849, supposedlyat the ageof27. In1855, shemarriedNorthumberland-bornWilliamConstableGrey,afarmerandwoolbroker,atEastTaieri.Williamandhisbrothersbought50acresoflandborderingLakeWaiholafromJohnTurnbullThomson,ChiefGovernmentSurveyorofOtagoandalsoaNorthumberlandman.TheGreys’fourdaughterswerebornatWaihola,AliceMaryGrey, theyoungest, in1862. The familymoved to Bruce Street, Roslyn, in 1874 and lived in the decorative one and a halfstoreyedwoodenhouse,which still stands. Thepropertyhadpreviouslybelonged toAnne Mollison, whose son married Alice’s sister, Eliza Grey. Alice’s three sistersmarried,butsheremainedathomewithherparents.HerfatherdiedatBruceStreetin1892, aged 68. When theWomen’s Franchise League canvasser called in1893,Alicesignedthepetitionfirstandhermotherfollowed.JaneGreydiedon9April1903,aged84,andAlicewasher executor. Twoofher sisterswere living inAustralia,andAlicefollowedthemthere.Between1909and1937sheappearsinelectoralrollsinVictoria,moving to and fro between addresses in Geelong, home of her sister Ellen Gibb, and

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Maryborough andDunolly, in Central Goldfields Shire. But she also travelled furtherafield,visitingCanadain1913andEnglandinthe1920s.ShediedinMaryboroughon28November 1946, aged83 and is buried in theMaryborough Cemetery. Her sisterJaneGow,of‘Bellknowes’,signedSheet101.CatherineDuncan,neeDon[CatherineDuncan,Roslyn](No.14)Land description: Allotment 11, Block 2, Township of Roslyn. Address: (22) MichieStreet;28MichieStreet.Agein1893:53years.Catherine Donwas born in 1840 to Euphemia Ritchie and James Don. She marriedWilliamDuncan,astonemason,intheirnativetownofHelensburgh,Dunbartonshire,inJanuary 1860 and two weeks later they boarded the Storm Cloud, bound for PortChalmers. Earlyin1863theymoved into theirstonecottage inMichieStreet,Roslyn,which,with its late twentieth-century additions, still stands at28Michie Street. Thefamily,withperhaps twelve children, lived thereuntil thedeathof their son James in1953.James(Jimmy)playedrugbyforNewZealandfrom1897to1903,andcaptainedtheAllBlacksin1901and1903.Aftersigningthepetition,Catherineprobablyhandedherpen to visitingneighbourBathiaMoir,whohanded it on toCatherine’sdaughter,Elsie.Catherinewaswidowedin1890anddiedonNovember14,1899,aged61.SheisburiedintheSouthernCemeterywithotherfamilymembers.BathiaMoir,neeRennie[B.Moir,Roslyn](No.15)Land description: Allotment 9, Block 2, Township of Roslyn. Address: (18) MichieStreet.Agein1893:75years.Bathia Rennie was born in Aberdeen in 1818, the daughter of Jane Hill and GeorgeRennie. Shemarried George IsaacMoir, an Aberdeen toy dealer, in 1846. They leftAberdeenin1874tosailontheInvercargilltoPortChalmers,withtheirsons,ranginginagefrom24to7. TheymovedtoMichieStreetin1876andGeorge,nowawarehousekeeper, died two years later, at the age of 73. Bathia died on April 3, 1907. TheNorthernCemeteryrecordgivesherageas83years,butshewas89whenshedied.18MichieStreetremainedinthefamilyuntiltheirsonHenry’sdeathin1949.ElciaRitchieDuncan[ElsieDuncan,Roslyn](No.16)Land description: Allotment 11, Block 2, Township of Roslyn. Address: (22) MichieStreet;28MichieStreet.Agein1893:31years.ElciaRitchie,knownasElsie,wasborninRussellStreet,Dunedin,in1862.HerparentswereborninHelensburgh,Dunbartonshire;CatherineDon(No.14)in1840andWilliamDuncan,astonemason,about1839.TheyemigratedontheStormCloudin1860.Elsieand her mother signed the petition at the same time. Elsie would have beenpreoccupied at the timewith her forthcomingmarriage in April. Shemarried FrankKettle, the youngest son of Charles Kettle, theNew Zealand Company’s surveyor, andarchitect ofDunedin’s townplan. Frank’s sisterElizabethwas the firstEuropeangirlborn inDunedin. Frankwas the secretaryof theOtagoDockTrust, anda landagent.Elsie andFrankhad four childrenbetween1895and1904,probablybornat29HighStreet.Thefamilymovedto75PrincesStreet,Musselburgh,andremainedthere.Theirdaughter,ElsieAmelia,atalentedpianist,andpianoteacher, inthismusicalfamily,fellillanddiedin1913,aged18.ElsiediedonOctober14,1944,aged85,andisburiedintheSouthernCemeterywithherdaughters.Frankdiedin1955,attheageof94.ElizabethMacKenzieBorrows,neeHuie[ElizthM.Borrows,Roslyn](No.17)Landdescription:Allotment12,Block2,TownshipofRoslyn(renting). Address: (24)MichieStreet.Agein1893:53years.Elizabeth(Bessie)Huiewas thedaughterofAberdeenaccountantAlexanderHuieandEliza Gordon Edgar. Shewas born in Edinburgh in 1839 or 1840. After her father’sdeath in 1852, her mother and some of the children, including Bessie, emigrated to

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Geelong,Victoria.Hereldestsister,MargaretGordonBurn,foundedtheGeelongLadiesCollege,andwasappointedthefirstprincipalofOtagoGirls’HighSchoolinDunedinin1871. BessieaccompaniedMargaretandherchildren toDunedinandtaughtatOtagoGirls’ High School from 1871 to 1877. Her first position was as the resident musicgoverness,andshelatertaughtEnglish.WhenMrsBurnplannedtogoonleavein1877,she recommended Miss Bessie Huie as Acting Lady Principal. Bessie’s sister AgnestaughtFrenchandGermanattheschoolandMargaretBurn’sdaughterAnnieAllanwasa junior teacher. In February 1880 Bessie married Glasgow-born doctor RobertBorrows,StaffSurgeonoftheRoyalNavy.Theironlychild,MarionAngus,wasbornin1881, when her mother was about 41. Robert was killed in a buggy accident inNovember that year, at the ageof 49, after eighteenmonthsofmarriage. Bessiewasrenting a house inMichie Street, close to her sister and family,when she signed thepetition,butlatermovedacoupleofblocksnorthtoHighstreet(Highgate).ShediedinDunedinin1914,aged74,andisburiedintheNorthernCemetery.

MargaretGordonBurnandherdaughterAnnieMcLeodAllansignedSheet113ofthepetition.Wallis,Eileen.Amostrarevision.OtagoGirls’HighSchoolBoardofTrustees,1995.Margaret(Maggie)Calder,neeWalker[M.Calder,Roslyn](No.18)Landdescription:Allotment7,Block3,Roslyn.Address:21MichieStreet.Agein1893:40years.Maggiewas born in Scotlandat Torphichen,West Lothian, about 1853. Shewas theeldestdaughterofPeterWalkerandMaryHodge. MaggiearrivedatPortChalmersontheCityofHobartfromMelbournein1863andwas18whenshemarriedGeorgeCalderin1871atCastleStreet,Dunedin.GeorgewasaScottishstationerandaccountant,bornabout1838,whoemigratedontheResoluteintheearly1860s. Hehadpurchasedthehouse inMichie Street shortly before theirmarriage. They had seven daughters andsevensons,halfofwhomremainedathomeuntiltheirdeaths.Someoftheirdaughtershad careers, the most notable being Grace Isabella, who did her nursing training inDunedin, andwas one of the initial group of fifty in the New Zealand Army NursingCorpstoserveoverseasinWorldWarOne.ShewasoneofsixDunedinwomenselected.ElizabethMarywasateacherandMuriel’soccupation,asrecordedonherburialrecord,was ‘Art and needlework’. Allan Douglas and James Leodamaswere at Gallipoli andAllanwaswoundedinFrance.ErnestHenryservedinbothWorldWars,waswoundedin 1916, and was awarded the MilitaryMedal. George Calder served on the RoslynBoroughCouncilandwasprominentintheRoslynInstitute.Hediedin1912,aged73,andMargaretin1943,aged90.TheyareburiedintheNorthernCemetery.Thehouseremainedinthefamilyuntil1964.MarySmith,neeGillies[MrsR.D.Smith,Belleknows](No.19)Address:GranvilleTerrace,Belleknowes.Agein1893:27years.Mary Gillies was born in Roslyn on 1 November 1866, and was christened at FirstChurch. She was the second child of Isabella McLean, born inMorayshire, and JohnGillies,acabinetmakerfromStirling,Scotland,whomarriedinDunedinin1863.Inthesameyear,JohnboughtlandinMichieStreetfromJamesKilgour,atatimewhenRoslynwas‘coveredwithflax,scrubandgorse’,accordingtohisobituary. Johndiedin1935,aged98,andthefamilywasstilllivingat20MichieStreetin1951,whenMary’ssisterIsabella died at the age of 73. The housewas demolished soonafterwards. In1891Mary Gilliesmarried Robert Dunstan Smith, an upholsterer, in Dunedin. Robertwasborn inDunedin in1862. MaryandRobert first appear inStone’sDirectory in1894,living in Granville Terrace, Belleknowes. At that time Belleknoweswas adevelopingarea on the northern boundary of the Borough ofMornington. It is unlikely that thecanvassers trampedover several paddocks in searchof one signature, so the chancesarethattheyfoundMarywhileshewasvisitinghermotherat20MichieStreetwithher

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fourmonth-old baby. Little CecilMcLean Smithwas actively involved in bothWorldWars;heservedoverseasfornearlyfouryearsinWWI,andwasaLieutenantColonelinthe Territorial Force inWWII, serving in theWellington Regiment. In civilian life hebecameChiefInspectoroftheStateForestServiceandahighly-regardeddirectoroftheBotanyDivision,D.S.I.R.MaryandRobertmovedtoMaoriHill,whereRobertbecameagolf professional, possibly involved in themanufacture of golf clubs. Theymoved toTimaruabout1928,butwereback inMaoriHill,Dunedin,whenRobertdied in1938,aged75years. Marydied inTimaru in1957, aged90years. They areburied in theAnderson’sBayCemetery,Dunedin.PersonalcommunicationfromRobinSmith,agreatgranddaughterofMarySmith.JessieMcDougallArmstrong[J.Armstrong,Roslyn](No.20)Agein1893:24yearsandJanetArmstrong,neeElliott [JanetArmstrong,Roslyn] (No.21)Age in1893:57years.Landdescription: Part Allotment1, Block 4, Township of Roslyn. Address: corner ofHart and Ross Streets; variously recorded as Hart Street, Ross Street, High Street orHighgateoveran82-yearperiod.Janet Elliott was born in Crailing, Roxburgh, about 1836 and married GeorgeArmstrong,aSelkirkjoiner,inJedburgh,Roxburgh,in1866.OntheadviceofhersisterAgnes,marriedtoarchitectNathanielYoungArmstrongWales,thefamilyemigratedtoDunedin. At first, Janetwasdeeply unhappyat being separated from her family, butdecidedtostay.In1876GeorgepurchasedlandonthecornerofHartandRossStreetsfrom future Government Printer JohnMackay, and built a four-roomed stone cottage,which,with its1970sadditions, still standsat29HartStreet. TheWales familywerenearneighbours inHighStreet. Over a thirty-yearperiod theArmstrongsbuilt threedwellingsontheircornersection,sellingthestonecottageinthe1880sandbuildingashoponthecornerwithlivingquartersupstairs.Itwasastrategiclocation,besidetheRoslyn cable car terminus. It was in this house that Janet signed the petition, at atumultuoustimeofherlife—George,aclerkofworksandbuildinginspector,diedon19April1893,afteralongillness,agedonly53. Janetranthestoreuntilsherented,andlatersold,ittotheMackayBrothers.Thebuildingwasdemolishedin1928,duringthewideningofRossStreet, and itssuccessor, designedbyMandenoandFraser, is still alandmarkonwhatbecameknownasMackay’sCorner.Janetendedherdaysin1928atthethirdhouse,anarrow,two-storeyedwoodenhouseat31HartStreet,aged90years,andliesintheNorthernCemetery.JessieMcDougallArmstrong,theeldestdaughter,wasborninGalashiels,Selkirkshire,on16March1869. Shewas educatedatKaikorai School, Dunedin, and left school in1884tojoinhermotherathome.WhensheandJanetsignedthepetition,oneofthemwrotebothnames.Shemarriedhercousin,PatrickYoungWales,in1896.Patrickwasthe sonofAgnes andNathanielWales, architect, Colonel,M.P. andMayorofDunedin.Patrickbecameapartnerinhisfather’sfirm,MasonandWales,in1892,andtookchargeofthebusinesswhenhisfatherdiedin1903.JessieandPatrickhadfivechildren.TheylivedinNewingtonAvenue,MaoriHill.Patrickdiedin1939attheageof75,andJessiein1953,aged84.Theirbodieswerecremated.LouisaJuliaGarratt,neeHill[LouisaGarratt,Roslyn](No.22)Landdescription:Allotment13,Block3,TownshipofRoslyn. Address:28HartStreet.Agein1893:37years.Religiousdenomination:Anglican.LouisaJuliaHillwasthedaughterofJamesSloperHill,abarman,andJuliaRosaRussell.Shewasborn inSouthwark,London, onMay13,1855,andbaptised inMelbourneonJuly31st.In1890shemarriedJohnGarratt,inStMatthewsChurch,Dunedin.John,whowas born in Tillicoultry, Clackmannan, had emigrated with his parents, John Garrattsenior(borninEngland)andJeannieMonteath,in1861.Johnjuniorwasacoachbuilder

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inthefirmofReidandGray. Hehadboughtthefuture28HartStreet,acrosstheroadfromhisfamilyhomeat(27)HartStreet,in1887,andon7June1892heleasedittohisparents for 5 shillings a year. Two days later, Louisa became the owner of JohnandJeanie’sproperty, but for the next decade it is hard to tellwho lived inwhich house.JohnandLouisamovedtoHighStreet(Highgate),butreturnedto28HartStreet,whichthey named ‘Whispington’, about 1908. While they remained there, they heldmanymemorable children’s parties. Their only child, Nellie,was dux of Kaikorai School in1905. John retired in1920and theymoved to SouthCanterbury. Louisadied at theMayfieldhomeofherdaughter,NellieKingan,in1933,aged77years,andJohnin1939.TheyareburiedintheAshburtonPublicCemetery.Obituary;MrJohnGarratt.Press,26September1939.ElizabethCampbell,neeWhittock[MrsCampbell,Roslyn](No.23)Landdescription:Allotment6,Block4,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:(15)HartStreet;17HartStreet.Agein1893:49years.ElizabethWhittockwasthedaughterofDavidWhittockandMargaretClunnie.ShewasbornatPitcairns,Perthshireabout1844.In1859sheboardedtheAlpinetotravelfromGlasgow to Port Chalmers. The following year, at Port Chalmers, she married JohnMcPherson Campbell, a customs officer, born about 1833 in Dunoon, Argyllshire. In1876hepurchasedapropertyinHartStreet,Roslynfor£276.Theyhadsevenchildren,the youngest two being born in Hart Street. John died suddenly in 1895, after anaccidentatwork,inwhichhefelldownaship’scompanionwayandreceivedafatalblowtohishead.Elizabethwasanenterprisingwomanandin1898purchasedlandinMichieStreet from Archibald Anderson, had a house erected and rented it out. She died in1915,aged70,andisburiedintheSouthernCemeterywithherfamily.MatildaJack,neeIrwin[M.Jack,Roslyn](No.24)Landdescription:Allotment9,Block3,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:20HartStreet.Agein1893:39years.Religiousdenominationunknown.MatildaIrwinwasborninIrelandabout1854.ShemarriedAndrewJack,atailor,bornabout1850atStrabane inCountyTyrone. AndrewcametoNewZealandabout1862,possiblyaspartofa familygroup. It isnotknownwhenMatildaemigrated,orwheretheymarried.Theyseemnottohavehadchildren,butMatilda’ssisterSarahIrwinlivedinManakau,intheHorowhenuaDistrict,andAndrewhadsisterselsewhereinOtago.In1880Andrewpurchased theHart Streetpropertywhere they liveduntil theirdeaths.Matilda’s name appears innewspaper accounts of community andwartime activities.She died in 1920, aged 66 years, and her headstone at the Andersons Bay Cemeterylaments:‘Myhomeisbarewithoutyou.Imissyouallthedays’.AsAndrewgrewfrailer,he employed a housekeeper, Elizabeth Armour, and on his death in 1942, aged 92,bequeathedherasignificantsum,withwhichsheboughtthehouse.Heleftlegaciestosocial service organisations of all denominations. David Parker, Labour Party M.P.,spentsomeofhischildhoodyearsinthehouseinthe1960s.MargaretWallace(Maggie)Anderson[M.W.Anderson,Roslyn] (No.25)Age:27yearsandCatherineJane(Kate)Anderson[C.J.Anderson,Roslyn](No.26)Age:28years.Landdescription:Lots10and11,Block3,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:24HartStreet.Kate and Maggie are the eldest daughters of Catherine Auchterlonie and AndrewAnderson, tailor,whomarried at Andrew’s York Place home in 1861. Catherinewasborn inFifeshireabout1831,andemigratedabout1860;Andrewarrived inOtagoonboardtheJurain1858andsetuphistailor’sbusinessinRattrayStreet.Thedeedtohishalf-acreofHartStreetlandandhousewassignedin1880.Hebuiltanotherhousenextdoor about 1898,whichwas rented and then purchased by the architect EdwardW.Walden,whosefamilyremainedinHartStreetuntilthe1950s.KateandMaggiewere

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borninYorkPlace,Katein1865andMaggiein1866. Theirmotherdiedin1886,andthefamilyhadtwostep-mothers—onefromParis,andtheotherfromIreland.KatediedatHartStreetin1899,aged34,andisburiedintheSouthernCemeterywithherparents.Maggie married Alexander Lyon McGregor Dickson, a farmer living at Portobello, in1900, andhad six childrenbetween1901and1909. The familymoved toRiccarton,Christchurch,about1915. Maggiedied in1921,aged54, theonlychild tooutliveherfather,whodied theprevious year. Maggie andAlexander areburied in theBromleyCemetery,Christchurch.[I.Millar,Roslyn](No.27)I.Millarhasprovedelusive.TherearecandidatesforaJ.Millarinthearea.KatherineBegg[K.Begg,Roslyn](No.28)Landdescription:Sections14,15and16,Block2,Roslyn.(31)RossStreet.27,29RossStreetand36,38MichieStreet.Agein1893:25years.Katherine was the daughter of Katherine Clarke, who was born in Perthshire, andAlexander Campbell Begg. Alexander, born in 1839 at Liberton, near Edinburgh,emigratedontheAlpinein1859andmarriedin1867.Hewasaclerk,farmer,andstockand station agent;amemberof theRoslynRoadsBoardand its successor, theRoslynBoroughCouncil,andmayorofRoslynfornearlytenyears;astaunchPresbyterianandprohibitionist.Katherine,theeldestchild,wasbornin1868inRussellStreet.Membersof the large and distinguished family went out into the world to make their mark;Katherinemadehers from the two-storeyed stonehouseon the lower cornerofRossand Michie Streets, where the family lived from about 1870. She was active in thecommunity: secretary of the Patriotic Association of Roslyn during World War One,secretaryof themotor circle of theOtagoWomen’sClub, andmemberof theVictoriaLeague. Keen on golf, shewas a foundationmember of the Balmacewen Ladies GolfClub. In later life she had family living close by—her brother James bought RobertChisholm’shouseontheuppercornerofRossandMichieStreetsabout1918,andotherfamily members lived round the corner in Hart Street. The City Corporation’s RossStreetwideningprojectmetanobstaclewithMissBegg’shouse,andfortwodecadestheroadremainednarrowatthatpoint. Onherdeathin1957,attheageof88,thehousewas demolished and the project finally completed. She is buried in the NorthernCemeterywithherparentsandotherfamilymembers.Obituary:MissKatherineBegg.OtagoDailyTimes,30March1957.JeannieForsythDuncan,neeMollison[J.F.Duncan,Roslyn](No.29)Landdescription:PartAllotment4,Block5,Roslyn.Address:(21)RossStreet;24RossStreet.Agein1893:37years.JeanniewasborninScotlandandwasababywhenshesailedontheEgmonttoLytteltonin1856withherparents,AlexanderMollisonandElizabeth,neeForsyth.ThevoyagetoDunedinon the JuliaAnn took another elevendays. Alexanderpurchased landat thecornerofGeorgeandFrederickStreets,whereMollison’sDraperybecamea landmarkformanyyears,andthebuildingstillstands. AftertimespentonthegoldfieldsandatWaihola,heboughtlandinRoslynandlivedat ‘EgmontVilla’, inLevenStreet. HewaselectedtotheProvincialCouncil,andimportedthefirststagecoachfortheDunedintoClutharun.In1878 theirdaughter Jeanniemarried a solicitor, PeterDuncan. Peterwas theNewZealand-bornsonofGeorgeandElspethDuncan,whoarrivedontheMooltan in1849;GeorgeDuncanwasanenergeticandentrepreneurialpioneerwhohelpedtobuildearlyDunedinanddiedinCaliforniafollowinganaccident.PeterpurchasedpropertyinRossStreet in 1880 and he and Jeannie lived there until 1899. They moved to spaciousTolcarne, in Maori Hill,with its bush walks, where for several years the Otago Early

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SettlersAssociationheldanannualgardenparty.TheDuncanshadtwosonswhojoinedthefamilyfirmofDuncanandMacGregor.EdmundAlexanderDuncanservedoverseasinWorldWarOne.PeterDuncanwasontheMaoriHillBoroughCouncilfrom1906to1911.Jeanniediedin1922,aged66,andPeterin1927,aged74years.TheyareburiedintheNorthernCemetery.PeterDuncan,1854-1927.www.northerncemetery.org,nzJaneBaird(Jean)Callender[J.Callender,Roslyn](No.30)Agein1893:35yearsOrCallender,JaneScottneeRoss[J.Callender,Roslyn]andMargaretMoodieOrmiston(Maggie)Callender[M.Callender,Roslyn](No.31)Agein1893:42years,andEliza(Nell)Callender[E.Callender,Roslyn](No.32)Agein1893:34years.Landdescription:Allotments1-5,Block1ofArchibaldAnderson’sExtensionofRoslyn.Address: Highgate, between Alpha (Delta) Street and the top of Ross Street; 69, 71Highgate,2-6DeltaStreet.In1893, thehousehold immediatelyto thesouthofN.Y.A.Wales’sresidence inHighStreetcontainedthreegenerationsofCallenders.ThomasCallender,anaccountantfromEdinburgh,marriedJaneBairdin1850. JanewasborninPaisley,Renfrewshire. Theyemigrated with four children in 1863 on the SirWilliam Eyre. Jane gave birth to adaughterinDunedinin1864,anddiedinchildbirthin1867.ThomaswasknownasthefatherofthesportofcurlinginNewZealand,havingstartedtheDunedinCurlingClubin1873. Hewas also a keen bowler, and is creditedwith introducing bowling into thecountry. The household included his three eldest daughters, Margaret MoodieOrmiston,borninPaisleyin1851;JaneBaird,bornin1858andEliza,bornin1859,both in Anderston, Glasgow. Maggie kept house for her father and sisters after hermother’sdeath. She andEliza signed thepetition. However, therewere twowomencalled‘J.Callender’inthehousehold.OnewasJaneBairdCallender,andtheotherwasJaneScottRossCallender,borninGlasgowabout1862. ShearrivedinNewZealandabout1877andin1881marriedThomasArchibaldCallender,Thomas’seldestson.By1905,ThomasandJanehadmovedtoSouthDunedinwiththeirsevenchildren.Ithinkthe signature belongs to the second sister, Jane Baird Callender, known as Jean,whobecamethe firstwardenatStMargaret’sCollege,avenerableHallofResidenceattheUniversityofOtago. AfterThomas’sdeathin1902thesistersmovedsouthalongHighStreet to Craigforth (No. 19), beside the Roslyn Presbyterian Church. Eliza died atCraigforth in1930andMargaret atSeacliff in1931. They areburied in the SouthernCemeterywiththeirparents.JeandiedatProspectHouse,Dunedin,in1934.Herasheswerescattered.ThelateMrThomasCallender.OtagoWitness,16July1902.PersonalcommunicationfromSheilaWard.J.Black,Roslyn(No.33)S.Black,Roslyn(No.34)Address:NorthernsideofRossStreet,closetoHighgate.Intheareacoveredbythissheet—indeed,inthewiderRoslynarea—thereareonlytwopossible candidates: Mrs Sarah Black and Jessie Black, school teacher, living in RossStreet. However, they had already signed the petition on Sheet 108, giving their fullnames: Jessie Black, Ross Street, Roslyn, and Sarah Black, Ross Street, Roslyn. ‘MrsSarah Black’ appears in Stone’s Directory in1893 and1894, living at the very top ofRossStreet,andJessieinthe1893CavershamElectoralRoll,withaRossStreetaddress.The top of Ross Street is strategically located on the route along Highgate from theCallenders (Nos. 30-32) toAnnPaterson (No. 35), except that the canvassershave tocrossHighgateacoupleoftimes.Thehandwritingonthetwosetsofsignaturesappearstobedifferent.

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AnnBlackPaterson(Annie),neeBrown[AnnB.Paterson,Roslyn](No.35)Landdescription: Part section8 of Block 4, District of Upper Kaikorai. Address: 115Highgate.Agein1893:46years.Ann Black Brown, born 18 March 1846, was the daughter of Daniel Brown (bornGlasgow, 1822) and Helen Lundie (1830-1895), who married in New Kirkpatrick,Dunbartonshire,in1845.TheBlacksemigratedtoNewZealandwiththeirsixchildrenon theStrathfieldsaye in1858 fromKilbarchan,Renfrewshire. Danielbuiltahouse inRoslyn in 1858, prefabricated and shipped from Australia. This house, at 8 LundieStreet,isnowtheearliestsurvivingRoslyndwelling.Danielbecameadairyfarmerwitha Crown Grant of 30 acres stretching westwards from Highgate to Kaikorai Valley.Annie,hiseldestdaughter,marriedJohnPaterson,amastermariner,inRoslynin1870.John was born in Scotland about 1842 and emigrated about 1869. Daniel BrownconveyedapieceofhislandtoAnniein1871andonitshebuilt115Highgate.Between1871 and 1886, she had four daughters and three sons. In 1902 Annie bought themansion‘Bryngwylt,’builtbyN.Y.A.Wales,for£2,400.ThePatersonsspenttherestoftheir lives atwhat is now 38 Belgrave Crescent, but still owned 115Highgate,whichtheylet.Ann,ashrewdbusinesswoman,alsoleasedlandwithahouseandtwoshopsinthebusinessareaofRoslyn.AnniePatersonisunusual,ifnotunique,inthatallthreeoftheDunedinhousesinwhichsheisknowntohavelivedhaveappearedinLoisGaler’sbooksonDunedin’shistorichouses.Thetitlesoftwoofthedwellingsareinhername;the thirdwasherchildhoodhome,ownedbyDanielBrown. CaptainPatersondied in1914, aged72. Their youngest son,NormanGilmorePaterson,whohadenlistedasagunner inSeptember1917,boardedtheTahiti inWellington in July1918anddiedofinfluenza on 4 September, one of 65 deaths on board before the ship berthed atPlymouth. Hewas buried at sea. Annie died in 1922, aged 75, and is buried in theNorthern Cemetery with her family. By the terms of her will, her Trustees were tomanage her assets for up to twenty years; her daughter Florence did not officiallyinherit115Highgateuntil1943.Influenzahitstroopship.100yearsago;fromourarchives.OtagoDailyTimes,18September2018.MargaretColinaMatheson,neeRobertson[M.C.Matheson,Roslyn](No.36)Landdescription:Partallotments4,5,6ofpartsection8Block5,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:44HighStreet[1911];now142Highgate.Agein1893:45years.Margaret Robertson was born in Scotland about 1848, and her husband, AlexanderMatheson,wasbornintheHighlandsabout1850. TheymarriedinEdinburghin1873andwereinDunedinbyFebruary1880,whenAlexanderpurchasedpropertyinRoslyn.Theyarrivedwithpossiblyfourchildrenandthreemorewerebornhere.Theyoungest,JohnRobertsonMatheson,servedinGallipoliandFranceinWorldWarOne.Alexanderwasanaccountantforvariousfirms, includingtheMutualAgencyCo.andMcLeanandCo.HewasamemberoftheRoslynBoroughCouncilandmayorofRoslynfrom1907to1909. Margaret died at her daughter’s home in Tauranga in 1922, at the age of 74.Alexanderdiedin1926,aged76.HeisburiedinDunedin’sNorthernCemetery.JaneDobb,neeBatten[J.Dobb,Roslyn](No.37)Landdescription:Partallotments4,5,6ofpartsection8Block5,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:44AHighStreet[1911];now144Highgate. Agein1893:48years.Religiousdenominationunknown.JaneBattenwasborninCornwall,about1845.Hersignatureonthepetitionishardtodecipher. Shemarried JamesDobb in1875 intheHelstondistrictandtheymayhaveemigrated the sameyear. James appears in the1882-1884RoslynElectoralRollasacarpenter in Sunnyside, Roslyn. In 1884 he was a tramway line foreman, living inKaikoraiValleyRoad.TheDobbsboughtahouseinHawkLane,offHighgate,in1891for

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£260, and the 1893 Stone’s Directory lists James Dobb, labourer, with a High Streetaddress.Jameswasacaretakerin1905anddiedin1906,aged61.JaneDobbcontinuedto occupy the house until her death in 1922, aged 77 years. She is buried in theAndersonsBayCemetery.Thecouplemaynothavehadchildren.ElizabethAnnBirrell,neeAitchison[E.A.Birrell,Roslyn](No.38)Landdescription:Partallotments4,5,6ofpartsection8Block5,TownshipofRoslyn.44BHighStreet[1911];HawkLane;now146Highgate.Agein1893:39years.ElizabethAnnAitchisonwasborn inCapetown, andemigrated toNewZealandabout1858.ShemarriedJohnBirrellinDunedinin1877,andgavebirthtotwogirlsandthreeboysbetween1878and1889.JohnwasborninScotlandabout1854andemigratedtoNewZealandabout1876.Hewasabaker,carterandvandriver,andwashighlyplacedin the local Starof FreedomLodge. ElizabethAitchisonhadbought land inRoslyn in1876beforehermarriage,andJohnaddedtothisin1880.Thevendor,WilliamYoungSpiers,wasmarried toElizabeth’s sister. The couple remainedthere till theirdeaths,Elizabeth in 1923, aged 69, and John in 1927, aged 73 years. They are buried in theAndersonsBayCemetery.HarrietClothier[H.Clothier,Roslyn](No.39)Landdescription:Partallotment2,Section8,Block5,TownshipofRoslyn.Address:158Highgate.Agein1893:27years.Henry Clothier, newsagent and contractor, married Margaret Mary Agnes Quinn inDunedin in1865. Harriet,born in1866,was theeldestoftheireightchildren. HenrypurchasedhisfirstquarteracreofRoslynlandfromJamesKilgourin1872,andin1880boughtasectionfurtheralongtheblockfromArchibaldHillJack.Harriet’smotherdiedin1891,andin1894herfathermarriedawidow,MargaretAnnSherriff,whodrownedherself in thehousehold’swell in1895. In1896hemarriedhis thirdMargaret,whooutlivedhim.HarrietmarriedWilliamMurdochSomervillein1894.HewasaScotwhoarrived inNewZealandabout1889. Theyhad four children. Shedied inDunedin in1941 at the age of 75, andWilliam in 1949, aged 88 years. They are buried in theAndersonsBayCemetery.HarrietalsoappearsonSheet61as:H.Clothier,HighStreet,Roslyn.MargaretDunbarPark,neeRoss[M.D.Park,Roslyn](No.40)Landdescription:Partsection8,Block5,TownshipofRoslyn. Address:LevenStreet.Agein1893:34years.Margaret, known as Metta by her family, was born in Dunedin on 4 October 1859,probably at BellknowesHouse in the Bellevue area. Shewas the daughter of GeorgeRossandMargaret,neeMarshall,whoweremarriedinDunedinin1856. GeorgeRossarrivedonthePhilipLaing in1848andMargaret immigratedwithherparentsontheCornwallin1849.Ason,George,wasbornin1857,andMargaretin1859.GeorgeRossseniordiedafterashortillnessinJanuary1860,whenMargaretwasthreemonthsold,and her mother took legal action against James Kilgour, her late husband’s businesspartner. In 1863 hermother marriedWilliam Hepburn andMargaret grew upwithextendedfamilyinHalfwayBush.AreturnofthefreeholdersofNewZealand…October1882 lists her property, held in trust, as valued at £18,625. She married JamesAlexander Park at the Hepburn home, Athelstane, in 1880. James was the son ofChristinaandJohnBrownPark,famedfirstheadmasterofHighStreetSchool,knownatthe time as Park’s School. James came to Dunedin via Tasmania in 1863. Hewas amemberoftwowell-knownDunedinbusinessfirms,McLandress,HepburnandCo.,andPark, Reynolds & Co., and mayor of Dunedin in 1902. Margaret and James had tendaughters and two sons between 1880 and 1898 and named their last child JessieDecima. Their younger son, DouglasMungall Park, was killed in action in France in1916.TheylivedinLevenStreet,probablyinJamesKilgour’shouse.Margaret’smother,

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MargaretHepburn,livedonthesameproperty.In1896thePark’shouseburneddownand theywere forced tomoveelsewhere inRoslyn. Their finalmovewas toQueen’sDrive,StKilda,whentheydied;Jamesin1928,aged74andMargaretin1929,attheageof69.TheyareburiedintheSouthernCemetery.Margaret’smother,MargaretHepburn,alsosignedSheet156,andhersister-in-law,JaneSomervillePark,neeRutherford,livinginBruceStreet,signedSheet108.AReturnofthefreeholdersofNewZealand:givingthenames,addressesandoccupationsofownersofland,togetherwiththeareaandvalueincounties,andthevalueinboroughsandtowndistricts,October1882,compiledfromtheassessmentrollsoftheProperty-TaxDepartment.Wellington,GovernmentPrinter,1884.MargaretHepburn,neeMarshall;MrsMargaretRoss[MargaretHepburn,Roslyn](no.41)Landdescription:DP1359.Address:30LevenStreet.Agein1893:54years.MargaretMarshall (also knownasMargaret DunbarMarshall)was born in Falkirk in1839,thedaughterofJamesMarshall,astorekeeper,andMargaretDunbar.Thefamilyemigrated on the Cornwall in 1849. She married businessman George Ross at herfather’shome,‘GowanHa’,HalfwayBush,in1856.Shewas17yearsoldandhewas36.Ross,borninInverkeithingin1820,hadarrivedonthePhilipLaing in1848. Hemadehissecondvoyageout toOtago in1854onboardtheClutha,builtat theRoss family’sInverkeithingshipyardfortheOtagotrade.TheRosseswerelivingatBellknowesHouseintheareaknownatthattimeasBellevue,whereGeorgehadadairyfarm,whenhediedsuddenlyin1860,leavingMargaretwithtwoveryyoungchildren.ShemarriedWilliamHepburn,aHalfwayBushfarmerandauctioneer,in1863andhadsixdaughtersandtwosons.Theyoungerson,WilliamLeslieHepburn,diedin1916afterfallingoffscaffoldingwhile painting a ship at the Port Chalmers dock. TheHepburns lived in theHalfwayBush/Wakari area, where Margaret had grown up, until William’s death in 1887.MargaretmovedtoLevenStreet,livinginahousebuiltonherParkin-laws’land,beforeitssubdivisionin1899.Sheremainedtherewithseveralofherchildrenuntilherdeathfromcancerin1901.JamesKilgour.EveningStarJubileeedition,23March1898.Hutton,Don.MargaretHepburn(1839-1901).www.northerncemetery.org.nzApril2016;revisedSeptember2018HelenEdwards8AHartStreetBelleknowes,Dunedin,9011hedwards@ripples.dyndns.org

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MainsourcesAncestry.comBirths,Deaths&Marriagesonline.N.Z.Dept.ofInternalAffairsCemeteriesSearch,DunedinCityCouncilElectoralrollsonmicroficheandancestry.comfamilysearch.orgMilitaryPersonnelfiles.ArchivesNewZealand,onArchwayNewZealandBuriallocator.Electronicresource,DunedinPublicLibraryNewZealandmarriages,1836-1956.Electronicresource,DunedinPublicLibraryOASES:OtagoandSouthlandearlysettlersdatabase.ToituOtagoSettlers’MuseumOtagoLandDistrictrecords.ArchivesNewZealand,onArchwayandintheDunedinOffice.OtagoNominalIndex.HockenCollections.UniversityofOtagoLibrary.PapersPast.NationalLibraryofNewZealandDunedinCityCouncil.CityEngineer’sDept.correspondence.DunedinCityCouncilArchivesStone’sOtagoandSouthlanddirectory.Dunedin,N.Z.:Stone,Son&Co,1887-1954.TeAra.https://teara.govt.nz/enWise’sNewZealandPostOfficedirectory.Dunedin,N.Z.:Wise,-1955.

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IndexofmaidenandmarriednamesAitchison,ElizabethAnn,No.38Anderson,CatherineJane,No.26Anderson,MargaretWallace,No.25Armstrong,Janet,No.21Armstrong,JessieMcDougall,No.20Bannerman,AgnesGray,No.11Batten,Jane,No.37Begg,Katherine,No.28Birrell,ElizabethAnn,No.38Black,J.,No.33Black,S.,No.34Borrows,ElizabethMacKenzie,No.17Brotherston,JaneKippin,No.13Brown,AnnBlack,No.35Calder,Margaret,No.18Callender,Eliza,No.32Callender,JaneBaird,No.30Callender,JaneScott[No.30]Callender, Margaret Moodie Ormiston, No.31Cameron,Mary,no.7Campbell,Elizabeth,No.23Clothier,Harriet,No.39Crawford,Mary,No.7Dickson,MargaretWallace,No.25Dobb,Jane,No.37Don,Catherine,No.14Duncan,Catherine,No.14Duncan,ElciaRitchie,No.16Duncan,JeannieForsyth,No.29Eglin,MaryColquhoun,No.6Elliot,Janet,No.21Garratt,LouisaJulia,No.22Gillies,Mary,No.19Govan,Margaret,No.3Green,Annie,No.8Green,Mary,No.9Grey,AliceMary,No.12Grey,JaneKippin,No.13Harland,Emma,No.1Hepburn,Margaret,No.41Hill,LouisaJulia,No.22Huie,ElizabethMacKenzie,No.17Irwin,Matilda,No.24Jack,Matilda,No.24Kettle,ElciaRitchie,No.16Littlejohn,AliceMary,No.2McGregor,Margaret,No.3McGregor,MaryColquhoun,No.6McKenzie,Annie,No.8Marshall,Margaret,No.41Matheson,MargaretColina,No.36Millar,SarahLillian,No.4Millar,I.,No.10Millar,MaryDickson,No.5Moir,Bathia,No.15Mollison,JeannieForsyth,No.29

Morgan,L.,No.10Park,MargaretDunbar,No.40Paterson,AnnBlack,No.35Perry,AliceMary,No.2Rae,MaryDickson,No.5Rennie,Bathia,No.15Robertson,MargaretColina,No.36Ross,JaneScott[No.30]Ross,Margaret,No.41Ross,MargaretDunbar,No.40Ross,SarahLillian,No.4Smith,Mary,No.19Somerville,Harriet,No.39Tummons,Emma,No.1Wales,JessieMcDougall,no.20Walker,Margaret,No.18Walker,Mary,No.7Whittock,Elizabeth,No.23