Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes MacFarlane was born about 1813 in Forfarshire, Scotland.
She married James Craigie, a farm labourer and carpenter, on 29 July 1833 in Perth.
They had 8 children before they sailed for Canterbury in 1867 on the Glenmark accompanied by their three youngest children and two grandchildren – four of their older children had arrived in New Zealand before them.
When Agnes signed the suffrage petition she was living at their farm 'The Meadows' near Timaru.
She died there on 8 July 1893 and James died at their son’s home in Timaru in 1904 – they are buried together in the Timaru Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
Timaru District Council https://www.timaru.govt.nz/home