Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Agnes Canter was born about 1839 in London.
She emigrated to New Zealand where she married, gardener, Alexander Wardlaw on 31 October 1867 in Dunedin.
They had six children and when Agnes signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Leith Walk, North East Valley.
Alexander died in 1912 and Agnes died at her home on 9 July 1920 – they are buried together in the Andersons Bay 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
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
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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