No specific details known about her life, but her parents were Margaret Littlejohn and James Rough from the county of Aberdeen in Scotland. Amelia was also born in Scotland.
At this time, I have no data on when the family immigrated to New Zealand.
Source for family details - The Fairbairn Family tree Prepared by many people including Keith Roberts and [Lorna Henderson].
Also some details from Margaret Stewart in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Amelia signed the Petition for Suffrage in 1893 - a nationwide petition that led the way for New Zealand to become the first country in the world to give Women the vote!! Sadly, women were not given the right to stand for the New Zealand parliament until 1919.
Sources
Birth Record - "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYRC-P74 : 2 January 2015), Amelia Rough, 12 Sep 1859; citing KEMNAY,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amelia:
She was a signatory of the Petition for Suffrage, found it here: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/suffragist/mrs-j-fairbairn