Signed family name
Johnston
Signed given name
Agnes S.
Given address
Puerua
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Stirling Johnston was born in 1863 in New Zealand – the daughter of James Johnston, a farmer, and Elizabeth Brown. (See 106 Elizabeth Johnston)
When Agnes signed the suffrage petition she was living on the family farm 'Rosemains' at Pureua.
In later life she moved to Gisborne to live near her sister Elizabeth.
She died on 20 March 1923 and is buried in the Taruheru Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Gisborne District Council https://cemeterysearch.gdc.govt.nz/