Originally transcribed as Mrs [Surname unknown]
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes McMillan married John Forsyth, a painter, in Dunedin on 25 November 1864.
They had 10 children, one who died in infancy.
When Agnes signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Leith Street, Dunedin.
Over the following few years the family suffered many tragedies. In 1895 their 15-year-old son Arthur drowned while boating on the harbour with his younger brother and a friend.
Their 19-year-old daughter Leah died in 1898, followed by 30-year-old William in April 1901.
Fifteen-year-old Herbert also died in 1901, on 11 July followed by his father on 23 July.
Agnes was left a widow with four daughters and one son.
She was still alive in 1904 when John’s will was probated but her place and date of death is unknown.
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/
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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