Agnes Agnew (Pettigrew) Hardie (1874 - 1951)

Born 6 Sep 1874 in Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Downie Blythe Cookston Hardie — married 11 Feb 1909 in Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 24 Mar 1951 at age 76 in Willesden, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Agnes (Pettigrew) Hardie is Notable.

Agnes Agnew Pettigrew was born on 6 September 1874 in Springburn, Lanarkshire, daughter of John Pettigrew and Margaret Drummond.^[1]

Agnes and George Downie Blythe Cookston Hardie were married in the Hutchesontown district of Lanarkshire in 1909.^[2] They married on 11 February in St Mungo Hall, South York St

The couple had one child:

1. David Keir Hardie (born Maryhill, Glasgow 1909)^[3]

After David's birth, the family moved to Cathcart where they lived in Benview Road.^[4]

Agnes start as a shop worker and was later involved in the Shop Worker's Union. At the Glasgow Springburn by-election in 1937 caused by the death of her husband, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn, and held the seat until her retirement at the 1945 general election. On her election she was Glasgow's first female MP, the fifth female MP ever to be elected in Scotland and the second Scottish Labour MP, after Jennie Lee.

Agnes died on 24 March 1951, aged 76.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "Statutory Register of Births," database, National Records of Scotland, Ref: 622/2/526, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 12 February 2024), Surname: PETTIGREW; Forename: AGNES AGNEW; Mothers Maiden Name: DRUMMOND; Gender: F; Year: 1874; RD Name: Springburn.
2. ↑ Marriage Registration: "Statutory Register of Marriages," database, National Records of Scotland, Ref: 644/15/60, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 12 February 2024), Surname: HARDIE; Forename: GEORGE D B CROO; Spouse Surname: PETTIGREW; Spouse Forename: AGNES AGNEW; Year: 1909; RD Name: Hutchesontown.
3. ↑ Birth Registration: "Statutory Register of Births," database, National Records of Scotland, Ref: 644/14/1099, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 12 February 2024), Surname: HARDIE; Forename: DAVID KEIR; Mothers Maiden Name: PATTIGREW; Gender: M; Year: 1909; RD Name: Maryhill.
4. ↑ 1911 Census: "Scotland Census, 1911," database, National Records of Scotland, Ref: 560/ 21/L 17, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 12 February 2024), Surname: HARDIE; Forename: GEORGE D; Year: 1911; Gender: M; Age at Census: 37; RD Name: Cathcart; County / City: Lanark.
5. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office," database, GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 12 February 2024), Hardie, Agnes Agnew (Age at death: 76). GRO Reference: 1951 Jan-Feb-Mar in Willesden Volume 05F Page 478.

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Hardie
  • Wikidata: Item Q4693048
• https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mrs-agnes-hardie/index.html
• Agnes Hardie and Jennie Adamson UK Vote 100 website; accessed 12 Feb 2024
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; W. W. J. Knox; Agnes Agnew Hardie; accessed 12 Feb 2024