Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Minnie Woollet was born in Dunedin in 1871 – the daughter of Samuel Peck Woollett, a jeweller, and Jane Collis.
Minnie married Richard Henry Lambeth in 1896 and they had two sons.
Minnie’s family spent some time in Invercargill before returning to Dunedin and settling at Macandrew Bay. Richard died there in 1924 and Minnie died in Invercargill on 9 May 1944. They are buried together 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
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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