Jessie arrived at Mataura on the 15 May 1890. She was the second youngest child, but similar to her sister Margaret, her life would be, sadly, cut short.
Jessie attended school at Gore Main, Croydon Siding and Mandeville, which are all located in and around the Gore district.
On the 2 December 1919, she married Henry Mauger RHODES at St Michaels All Saints Church in Christchurch. From that union came the following 6 children.
| Name | Born | Married | Children | Died | Comments |
| Frederick Henry | 1920 | 1943 | 1 (3 Stillborn) | 2005 | Clarke |
| Charles Mauger | 1922 | 1947 | 5 | 1969 | Havill |
| Amelia Jessie | 1923 | 1945 | 3 | 2013 | Suttie |
| Marjorie Joan | 1925 | 1945 | 4 | 2003 | Barlow |
| Gilbert John | 1926 | 1950 | 3 | 2015 | McTeigue |
| Phyllis Dulcie Jessie | 1929 | – | – | 1961 | – |
Sadly, Jessie developed a sarcoma on her left thigh and died at the Christchurch Public Hospital on the 3 December 1930. She is interred at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, alongside her father James, who passed in 1921. The husband, is buried in a separate grave in the same cemetery.
There is evidence to suggest that the children were placed into foster care with one record for Phyllis mentioning a Mrs J C Forward as a foster mother. Phyllis would have been only 2 years old when her mother died.