suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Muirhead
Given names: 
A.
Given address: 
Mosgiel
Sheet No: 81
Town/Suburb: 
Mosgiel
City/Region: 
Otago
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Agnes Muirhead was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of Robert Muirhead, a farmer, and Catherine Waddell.

When she signed the suffrage petition Agnes was living with her family in Mosgiel south of Dunedin.

She married David Grant, a farmer, on 16 October 1903 at her parent’s home in Mosgiel - they had two daughters and lived at Lovell’s Flat in South Otago.

Agnes died on 22 May 1942 at her residence 'Hazelrigg', Crichton and David died in 1962, they are buried with their daughters in the East Taieri Cemetery.

Sources

BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search

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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