Amelia (Smith) Somerville (1862 - 1946)

Born 21 Jul 1862 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Somerville — married 25 Dec 1884 in Greta St, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1946 at age 84 in Lake Waitaki, nr Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Amelia Smith ^[1]

Born 21 JUL 1862 Carnwath, , Lanarkshire, Scotland ^{[2] [3]}

Died 21 OCT 1946 Lake Waitaki, nr Oamaru, , Otago, New Zealand^[4]

Buried Livingstone, Nth Otago, Otago, New Zealand ^[5]

Marriage

Husband: Robert Somerville

Wife: Amelia Smith

Marriage:

Date: 25 DEC 1884

Place: Greta St, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Robert SOMERVILLE to Amelia SMITH. Date and place from Clive (his mother Joyce attended 50th? wedding celebrations in Livingstone as a teenager).

Int. to marry adds that cert. issued 17th Dec, Robert a blacksmith, 23 resid. Pukeuri 11 mths and Amelia a servant, 22, resid. Oamaru 4 yrs., marr. by Rev A B Todd^{[6] [7]}

Parents

Husband: Robert Smith

Wife: Margaret Henderson

Child: Female Smith

Child: Amelia Smith

Child: Robert Smith

Child: James Smith

Child: David Smith

Child: John Smith

Child: Margaret Henderson Smith

Child: Williamina Smith

Marriage:

Date: 20 JUN 1862

Place: Libberton, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: dd/mm from igi which says Carnwath Par., Year confirmed by death cert. igi has 3 unnamed children.

Bruce S has 23 Jun, Robert's occupation ploughman, Margaret's, spinster, and witnessed by James SMITH.^[8][9]

Census:

1871 Stabwood, Par. of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

SMITH: Robert 30 Collary Pitheadman b Biggar, LKS; wife Margaret 32 b St Ninians, STI; Children: Ernestin 8 (surely this is Amelia) scholar, Robert 6, Marion 6, James 2 all b Carnwath^[10]

Reference: 1270

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1041
2. ↑ Source: #S93
3. ↑ Source: #S833 3 Jul 1999 ex IGI
4. ↑ Source: #S471 Rcvd Mar 2003
5. ↑ Source: #S272 fiche 311
6. ↑ Source: #S93
7. ↑ Source: #S60 Marr. 1884 Robert SOMMERVILLE and Amelia SMITH, BDM 20/29 #1162, extracted Jan 2006
8. ↑ Source: #S471
9. ↑ Source: #S1691 Rcvd via Clive C, Mar 2003
10. ↑ Source: #S207 Stabwood, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Reg. 632 ED 6 Sched 12, hsehld of Robert & Margaret SMITH, extracted Jul 2013

• Source: S1041 DthCERT: Robert SMITH 1916 (Oamaru, OTG), 16 May 1916 Greta St, Oamaru; Robert SMITH retired Railway employee, male 75 yrs of a) Angina Pectoris 12 hrs b) failure of heart sudden, cert. Jas Whitton, last seen 3 May 1916 CONT Father Robert SMITH, laborer Mother Marion Cleghorn CONT Buried 18 May 1916 Oamaru cemetory minister J Lawon Robinson, Pres. Born Biggar, Lanarkshire, in NZ 36 yrs Married Lanarkshire @ 21 yrs to Margaret Henderson, aged 77 in 1916 Issue living: Male 49, 47, 45, 43 Female 53,51,37,31
• Source: S1691 FamTree Robert SMITH ex Bruce S (Timaru)
• Source: S207 1871 Census transcripts for Scotland via Ancestry.com
• Source: S272 NZ Cemetery.Fiche
• Source: S471 Marion SMITH family tree, Compiler Clive Callow (Pleasant Point, Canterbury, New Zealand) rcvd 1994
• Source: S58 BDM: NZ fiche index
• Source: S60 Intentions to marry (NZ Archives)
• Source: S833</span: Corres. LornaHen/Clive Callow re SMITHs and HENDERSONs etc
• Source: S93 FamHIST: James Henderson and his family Author: Isabella Chittock nee Howden Publication: Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, aft 1915

• WikiTree profile Smith-52754 created by Lorna Henderson through the import of SMITHMarionYOUNGSONPlusSibs4WikiTreeOct2013.ged on Oct 13, 2013.