Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Agnes Winter was born about 1849 in England – the daughter of William Winter, a carpenter, and Margaret Sommerville.
She emigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1852 with her family on the Persian.
Agnes came to New Zealand and she married Peter Miller, a farmer, on 11 November 1867 in Dunedin.
They lived in Owaka, where Agnes signed the suffrage petition, and they had eight children.
Peter died in 1922 and Agnes died on 8 September 1925 at her daughter’s home at Maclennan, south of Owaka.
They are buried together in the Owaka Cemetery.
Her obituary said she 'was one of the oldest pioneers of the Catlins District'.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
Public Record Office Victoria https://prov.vic.gov.au
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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