Amelia Omer

Amelia Omer was christened on 4 March 1824, at St. Peters in Sandwich, Kent, England.

Her parents were John and Elizabeth Omer.

She married Charles Henry Kettle on 10 September 1845, in Sandwich.

Amelia travelled with Charles to Otago, New Zealand, on the Mary Catherine, arriving 23rd February 1846. They initially settled in Port Chalmers, where daughter Elizabeth was born and is said to be the first European girl born in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Amelia died on 1 May 1901 in Dunedin.

Children of Charles and AmeliaBirthDeath
Elizabeth Kettle3 March 1847, Dunedin3 July 1932
Louisa Jane Kettle8 August 1848, Dunedin22 June 1922
Charles Cargill Kettle4 June 1850, Dunedin1918
Amelia Kettle2 March 1852, Dunedin5 July 1877, Dunedin
Nathanael Kettle30 January 1854, Dunedin27 September 1940, Napier, New Zealand
Mary Hooper Kettle28 November 1855, Dunedin13 January 1931, Burwood, NSW, Australia
Harry Gordelier Kettle28 November 1857, Kaihiku, Clutha13 March 1930, Middlemarch
John Omer Kettle2 September 1859, Dunedin17 April 1913, Dunedin
Frank Kettle28 Jun 1861, Dunedin1955, Nelson
Kettle Brothers

The Kettle Brothers said to be Henry and Frank at the back, and Nathaniel, Charles and John at the front. Their birth dates are Henry / Harry 1857, Frank 1861, Nathaniel 1854, Charles 1850, John 1859.

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