Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Agnes Dippie was born in New Zealand in 1872 – the daughter of Alexander Dippie, a carpenter, and Jane Ross. (See 56 Mrs Dippie)
When she signed the suffrage petition Agnes was living with her family in George St, Dunedin working as a dressmaker.
She married Leonard Sanderson, a stationer and widower in 1931.
Leonard died in 1948 and Agnes died on 26 April 1955. She is buried with Leonard in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
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
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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