Biography

Frances Caroline Phipps was born on 10th July 1847 at Coventry, Warwickshire, England. George Phipps and Frances Williams.^[1]

She married Fortunato Amadio in 1866 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. ^[2]

Frances (Phipps) Amadio migrated from England to New Zealand.

They migrated to New Zealand with their three eldest children, arriving on 3rd January 1879 aboard the Fernglen.^[3] Another four children would be born, "Kiwis":

• Henry Antonio (1868-1943)
• Lucy Ann (1870-1963) married Robert Coltman
• Albert Fortunato (1877-1953)
• Frances Maud (1879-1974) married William Bowick
• Samuel Clement (1881-1963)
• Eleanor Margueretta (1883-1974) Edward Stent
• Florence May (1885-1960) married Frank Howie

All the children, other than Henry Antonio, married and settled in New Zealand. Henry married and migrated to Victoria, Australia. He became the progenitor of the renouned Amadio family orchestral musicians.

Having lived in widowhood for 24 years, Frances passed away on 22nd March 1910 at Feilding, Wellington, New Zealand, surrounded by six of her seven children and fourteen grandchildren.^[4]

Frances was born in 1847. She passed away in 1910.

Frances was the daughter of George and Frances Phipps from Coventry, West Midland, Burmingham.

She married Fortunato Antonio Amadio in St Martin's Church, Warwickshire in 1866 when she was 19 and he was 18.

They had 4 children in England and emigrated some time after 1876. They had other children in New Zealand.

He died aged 39 in Wellington, 24 years before her. She died aged 62 in Feilding

Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY of FRANCES C. AMADIO who departed this life MARCH 22nd 1910 aged 62

UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS

Sources

1. ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Sep qtr 1847, vol 16, page 377
2. ↑ Marriage: "Birmingham, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937"
   Reference Number: DRO 34; Archive Roll: M121
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 4994 #54079449 (subscription required, accessed 23 February 2023)
   Frances Caroline Phipps (full) marriage to Fortunato Antonio Amadio on 14 May 1866 in Birmingham, St Martin, Warwickshire, England.
3. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSY9-M3J : 8 August 2017), Frances Amadio, 03 Jan 1879; citing ship Fernglen, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm
4. ↑ New Zealand Death Index #1005/1910

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/34051361/frances_caroline-amadio : accessed 29 June 2021), memorial page for Frances Caroline Phipps Amadio (10 Jul 1847–22 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34051361, citing Feilding Cemetery, Feilding, Manawatu District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand ; Maintained by pkg (contributor 46968786) .

• Grave record for Frances Caroline Amadio (Phipps) (10 Jul 1847 - 22 Mar 1910), Billion Graves Record 22527173 Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. first accessed online on the 29th of June, 2021 at: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Frances-Caroline-Phipps-Amadio/22527173
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34051361/frances_caroline-amadio

• BURIAL: Feilding Cemetery - Feilding, Manawatu District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. PLOT: 332 - ROW 95 - BLOCK 2

• https://www.geni.com/people/Frances-Caroline-Amadio/6000000070099363352

• NZ BDM/Death Index # 1910/1005 (Amadio Frances Caroline, 62Y)