Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Rutherford was born on 14 October 1857 in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland – the daughter of John Rutherford, a coal shipper, and Jane Dunlop.
She married Thomas Sneddon in 1876 and they had a son before they emigrated to Otago in 1878 on the Timaru.
Agnes’ brother George McKay Rutherford was married to her sister in law Margaret Davie Sneddon. (See 117 Mrs G Rutherford)
They settled in Dunedin where their daughter was born and where Thomas worked as a grocer.
When Agnes signed the suffrage petition they were living in Maclaggan St, Mornington.
Thomas died in 1907 after an attack of influenza and Agnes died on 24 October 1916 – they are buried in the family grave in the Northern 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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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