suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Pinkerton
Given names: 
Agnes
Given address: 
High Street Dunedin
Sheet No: 61
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Agnes Pinkerton was born in 1872 in New Zealand — the daughter of David Pinkerton, a bootmaker and later a member of parliament, and Margaret Fairley. (See 61 Margaret Pinkerton)

When she signed the suffrage petition Agnes was living with her family in High St, Dunedin.

She married Archibald Sullivan, a finance agent, on 21 December 1898 in Dunedin and they had two daughters.

Archibald died in 1932 and Agnes died on 5 October 1951. They are buried with their daughters in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

Family Search https://www.familysearch.org

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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ROGER ROUTLEDGE

Posted: 09 Feb 2014

Agnes was the daughter of David and Margaret Pinkerton who were active advocates for women's suffrage. She married Archibald Sullivan in 1896. Archibald was a city councilor from 1909 to 1915.