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Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Amelia Whiting was born in 1846 in Buckland, Berkshire, England – the daughter of James Whiting, an agricultural labourer, and Jane Simpson.
She had a son early in 1862 and, later that year, she married Jacob Low, also an agricultural labourer.
In 1875 the family emigrated to Otago on the Wild Deer and they settled in Dunedin where Jacob worked as a plasterer.
In 1883 their son Giles drowned while swimming at Ocean Beach, his body was never found. 'The parents of the young man who was drowned, presented Bibles' to the two young men who had attempted to save Giles, they were also presented with inscribed watches.
When Amelia signed the suffrage petition they were living in Caversham, Dunedin.
Jacob died in 1921 and Amelia died the following year on 9 July – they are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Amelia left money in her will to 'my adopted son Henry Carter'.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
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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