Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Amelia Rough was born on 12 September 1859 in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – the daughter of James Rough, a labourer, and Margaret Littlejohn.
Her father died in 1868 and her mother re-married in 1872 to George Farquhar, a quarry worker.
In 1874 the family emigrated to Otago on the Janet Court and settled at Highcliff on the Otago Peninsula.
Amelia married James Fairbairn, a farmer, on 5 April 1879 and they had 12 children.
Amelia’s mother died in 1886 and two years later George re-married. (See 33 Mrs Farquhar)
Amelia signed the suffrage petition at Highcliff where she died on 11 November 1910.
James died at Dunedin in 1933 and is buried with Amelia in the family grave 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
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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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