Biography contributed by Sharlene Rumney
Agnes Sarah Ryan married William Henry Williams in 1890 and they had 11 children.
Agnes Williams also signed page 408 of the 1892 suffrage petition.
The 1896 Ohinemuri electoral roll records Agnes Williams as living at Turua and her occupation was listed as domestic.
The Williams’ relocated to Arnold Street in Auckland where William died in 1919 and Agnes in 1942, they are both buried at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland.
Sources
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/about-the-petition - 1892 suffrage petition Excel spreadsheet
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/
New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17177, 3 June 1919
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/find-burial-cremation.aspx
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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