Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Gibson was born about 1850 in Glasgow, Scotland.
She married Gilbert Gillies, a boilermaker, on 28 August 1868 in Glasgow. They had two children before they emigrated to New Zealand about 1873.
The family settled in Ravensbourne near Dunedin and had a further nine children.
Agnes died on 10 January 1898, aged 48 – her youngest child was seven years old.
Gilbert died in 1901, as the result of an accident. Agnes and Gilbert are buried together in the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin.
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