Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Lumb was born in 1862 in New Zealand – the daughter of George Lumb, a shipping agent, and Agnes Gilbert.
She married George Tombs, a labourer, on 24 May 1888 in Dunedin.
When she signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Forth Street.
They had five children, the youngest only a few months old, when George died.
He was helping to build the Albany St gymnasium when he fell off a ladder and landed on his head. He was taken to hospital but died soon after.
A public subscription was taken up for the family.
Agnes died on 26 November 1942, at the age of 80, she is buried with George 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
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz