Also signed as 128 Gussy Garn
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Augusta Garn was born in 1871 in New Zealand – the daughter of Alfred Garn, a tailor, and Frances Anne Wyse. (See 83 Fanny Garn)
When Augusta signed the suffrage petition she was living in Albany St, Dunedin working as a shop assistant.
She married William Geddes on 2 July 1902 and they had two children.
William died in 1910 and Augusta died on 19 June 1936, they are buried together 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/