Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Agnes Marshall was born about 1849 in Glasgow, Scotland.
She married Robert Russell, an iron dresser, on July 13th 1866 in Glasgow. They had 4 children, their eldest child Robert died in 1872, aged 6.
The family emigrated to Otago in 1874 on the Cartsburn & their daughter Ramsay was born on the voyage.
They settled in Dunedin & had a further 7 children, their second son – also Robert, died in 1882.
When Agnes signed the suffrage petition they were living in Albany Street.
Robert died in 1900 & Agnes re-married in 1909 to William Grant Loader.
William’s wife had died the year before – he died in 1917 & is buried with his first wife in the Northern Cemetery.
Agnes died on October 16th 1917, she is buried with Robert, also in the Northern Cemetery.
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