Born in Uitenhage, Cape Colony, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Armstrong
and Jane Elizabeth (Cuyler) Armstrong
Sister of
Maria Elizabeth (Armstrong) Holland, Sarah Fairbridge Armstrong, Glen Cuyler Armstrong, Boy Armstrong, Jane Elizabeth (Armstrong) Fry, Francis Jessie (Armstrong) Ryneveld, Glen Armstrong, Catherine Cuyler (Armstrong) Wormald, Jacob Glen (Armstrong) Cuyler, William Armstrong, Hermon Armstrong, Mina Armstrong and Charles Armstrong
Wife of
Robert Pettit
— married
about 3 Dec 1863 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Laura Sophia (Pettit) Tyrwhitt-Drake, Edith Mary (Pettit) Vaughan Williams, Ina Francis Ellen (Pettit) Stewart, Lilian Jessie (Pettit) Chamberlain, Olive Fairbridge Pettit, Charles Maitland Pettit, Mildred Armstrong (Pettit) Holland, Maude Fairbridge (Pettit) Dale, Noel Edenborough (Pettit) Bennett, Joan Cuyler Pettit, Unknown Pettit and Thirza Lansley (Pettit) Thatcher
Died about
at about age 61
[location unknown]
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Biography
She died on 7 June 1905[1]
Sources
- http://home.kpn.nl/corney.keller/Genealogie/Research/Pettit_tree/pafg02.htm#60
- http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?cat=9&paged=703
- South Africa, Select Estates Death Notice Index, 1833-2008
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