Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Wilson was born on 26 November 1845 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland – the daughter of Robert Wilson, a warper, and Margaret Brown.
Agnes married James Davie, an engine fitter, on 22 June 1866 in Blythswood, Glasgow.
They had four children in Scotland (one appears to have died in infancy) before they emigrated to Otago in 1875 on the Timaru. They had five further children in New Zealand.
In August 1895 the family were living at Bradshaw St when their youngest daughter died. Later that year in December, Agnes applied for a prohibition order against James to extend over Dunedin, Caversham and Chalmers licensing districts for the period of a year. The order was granted.
James died in 1900 and Agnes died on 25 June 1902. They are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
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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