Originally transcribed as 100 Mrs Mary Shute
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Wyllie was born about 1821 in Scotland – she married William White, a shoemaker, about 1840 and they had three children before they boarded the Ajax in 1848 bound for New Zealand. They landed in Otago in January 1849 with four children as a son was born on board.
A further three children were born in New Zealand.
The family lived in Waihola, south of Dunedin, before moving to Tapanui about 1870 where Agnes signed the suffrage petition.
William died at their home 'Holmhead', Tapanui in 1896 and Agnes died on 22 December 1905, aged 86.
They are buried in the family grave in the Tapanui Cemetery.
Sources
Clutha District Council https://www.cluthadc.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Hocken Library http://www.ngaiopress.com/drhocken.htm
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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