The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameAmelia Gunn
Birth5 Jul 1866, Jarrow, Tyne And Wear, England
Death29 Jan 1913, Ford, Northumberland, England
FatherHugh Gunn (1841-)
Misc. Notes
Name, age, place of birth, estimated year of birth, from the 1901 England Census taken on the night of 31 March 1901, for the Civil Parish of Ford, Rural District of Glendale, Hamlet of Sandy Fords, found in September 2023:
Peter H Dodds, Head, Married, age 29, Farmer, Employer, Born Ford Northumberland England [circa 1872]
Amelia Dodds, Wife, Married, age 28, Born Jarrow-on-Tyne Durham England [circa 1873]
Alice Cockburn, Widow, age 68 Nurse
Ellen Thomson, Single, age 27 Domestic Servant
Baby Thomson, Single, age 13 Days, male

Maiden name of “Gunn”, name of father, from the 1911 England Census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April 1911, for Sandyford, Cornhill On Tweed, found in September 2023:
Peter Henderson Dodds, Head, age 39, Married, Farmer, Employer, Born Ford Northumberland England [circa 1872]
Amelia Dodds, Wife, age 39, Married, Born Durham England [circa 1872]
Hugh Gunn Dodds, son, age 10, Born Ford Northumberland England [circa 1901]
Hugh Gunn, Father-in-law, age 69, widower, Private Means, Born Walker Northumberland England [circa 1842]

Date of birth, date and place of baptism, name of mother, from the Tyne and Wear, England, Non-Conformist Baptism records found in September 2023:
Name: Amelia Gunn
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 5 Jul. 1866
Birth Place: Jarrow
Baptism Date: 5 August 1866
Baptism Place: England
Father: Hugh Gunn
Mother: Margaret Ann Sprott

Approximate month, year of marriage, from the England & Wales Marriage records found in September 2023:
Bride: Amelia Gunn
Groom: Peter Henderson Dodds
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun 1900
Registration district: South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England

Month/year of death, place of death, different estimated year of birth from circa 1872 to circa 1867, from the England & Wales Death records found in September 2023:
Name: Amelia Dodds
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: circa 1867
Death Registration Place: Glendale, Northumberland, England
Death Date: Mar. 1913
Inferred Death Place: Northumberland, England

Date, place and cause of death from Death Record received from the 'General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales' in October 2023. Please see PDF for copy.
Name: Amelia Dodds
When and Where Died: 29 January 1913, Sandyfords, Ford,
Age: 46
Rank or Profession: Wife of Peter Henderson Dodds, a farmer
Cause of Death: Acute Lobar Pneumonia
Informant: John A Dodds, Brother-in-law, Encampment, Ford.
[NOTE: Sandyford is a farm in Ford, Northumberland, England]

Exact date of marriage to Peter of “5th April 1900”, precise place of marriage as “St Kildas Presbyterian Church, Jarrow, Counties of South Sheilds and Durham”, residence, witnesses, from official Marriage Certificate received on 20 December 2023 (See PDF on media page).

Exact date of birth, occupation of father, found in Birth Record received from the "General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales" in January 2024. Please see PDF for copy.
Name: Amelia Gunn
When Born: 5 July 1866 at Grange Road, Jarrow [Tyne And Wear, England]
Name of Father: Hugh Gunn
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Margaret Ann Gunn, formerly Sprottr
Rank or Profession of Father: Iron Moulder [makes moulds for casting iron], Journeyman [craftsman]
Informant: Mark of A Gunn, Grange Road, Jarrow
Spouses
Birth16 Jul 1871, “Encampment” Ford, Crookham, Northumberland, England
Death9 Sep 1933, Marton, New Zealand
BurialAnglican Cemetery, Marton, New Zealand
OccupationAn English farmer who emigrated to New Zealand with his young son. Dairy farmer in Marton NZ.
FatherGeorge Dodds (ca1837-1892)
MotherElizabeth Laidlaw (1836-ca1896)
Marriage5 Apr 1900, Jarrow, South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
ChildrenHugh Gunn (1901-1979)
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