Surname:
Watkins
Given names:
Amy
Given address:
Read Road
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Amy Matilda Watkins was born in 1862 in Bristol, England – the daughter of William Watkins, a coachbuilder, and Matilda Grundy. Amy's sister, Fany (Fanny) Watkins also signed the petition.
She came to New Zealand with her family about 1872.
Amy married Henry Reid Bell, a saddler and harness maker, in 1901. They had no children.
Amy died at her mother’s residence, Reid Rd, Dunedin, on 9 December 1913. Henry died at Clinton in 1917.
They are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.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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