Born in Flaxbourne Station, Awatere, Marlborough, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Gillespie
and Harriet Anne (Fraser) Gillespie
Sister of
John Maitland Gillespie, Annie Jane (Gillespie) Thomson, Unnamed Gillespie and Mary Elizabeth (Gillespie) Adams
Wife of
Charles Montrose Jenkins
— married
30 Oct 1884 in Maxwell Road, Blenheim, New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 78
in Wellington, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Sep 2013
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Biography
Janet was the daughter of William Gillespie and Harriet Fraser.
She married in 1884 at her fathers home in Maxwell Road, Blenheim, to Charles Jenkins.
They moved to Wellington where Charles worked as a printer/compositor for the NZ Printing Office.
Janet had 5 children in her marriage, William Montrose, Percy, Mabel Harriet, Lillian Irwin and Charles Harold.
Janet nee Gillespie Jenkins died in 1941 at Wellington Hospital and was cremated at Karori.
Sources
- "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-B1MM : 4 October 2016), Charles Montrose Jenkins and Janet Gillespie, 1884; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1884/3300, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-LN4P : 4 January 2018), Janet Jenkins, 1941; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1941/27874, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz 1863/12941 Gillespie NR Harriett Anna William
- https://ancestry.com.au NZ Electoral Rolls
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