Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Gilbert Vaughan Wright
— married
1866 in Sydney, Colony of New South Wales
Wife of
Robert Russell Smellie
— married
14 Jan 1875 in Colony of Queensland
Descendants 
Mother of
Florence May (Smellie) Rylance, Harold Russell Brisbane Smellie and Ida Elizabeth Beatrice Smellie
Died
at about age 40
in Inverclay, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2020
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Biography
Amy Hespie Rowling was born about 1844.
Amy wed Gilbert Vaughn Wright at Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, in 1866.[1]
Amy wed secondly, Robert Russell Smellie in the Colony of Queensland, on the 14th of January 1875.[2]
- Florence May, b 1877.
- Harold Russell, b 1878, d 1879. Qld.
- Ida Elizabeth Beatrice, b 1881, d 1881. Qld.
Amy Hespie Smellie passed away at Inverclay, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1884,[3] and was laid to rest in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery on the 15th of June.
Transcript
Smellie, Amy Hespie, d. 6 Jan 1884 at Inverclay, Ayr, Scotland, (interred at Toowong Cemetery 15 Jun 1884),
Research Notes
- Amy's first husband, a solicitor, hung himself.
- no children found yet.
Sources
- ↑ NSW BMD Marriage Index; Ref: 914/1866; Gilbert Vaughan Wright & Amy H. Rowling; Place: Sydney
- ↑ Queensland BMD Marriage Index"Family History Research Service". 2020. Familyhistory.Bdm.Qld.Gov.Au.>Search Name: Robert Russell Smellie & Amy Hepsie Wright ; Date: 14/01/1875 ; Ref: 1877/C/446.
- ↑ Scotlandspeople. 2020. Scotlandspeople.>Search Index Name: Smellie, Amy Hepsie; Age: 40; Year: 1884; Ref: 578/ 9; Place: Ayr
See Also:
- Find a Grave, database and images : accessed 12 December 2020), memorial page for Amy Hepsie Rowling Smellie (unknown–6 Jan 1884), Find A Grave: Memorial #146540389, citing Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by MBeaven (contributor 48239022) .
- Toowong Internments
- Qld BMD
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