Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Emily Evans was born in 1863 in New Zealand – the daughter of Samuel Evans, a draper, and Mary Ann Steele. (See 150 Mrs M A Evans)
When Agnes signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Andersons Bay, Dunedin.
She did not marry and she died on 23 July 1942 at her nephew’s home in Andersons Bay.
She is buried with her sister 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
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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