Amelia (Shipley) Valsimarchi (bef. 1788 - abt. 1870)

Born before 13 Oct 1788 in Wales [uncertain]

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Died about 13 May 1870 after about age 81 in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Biography

She had three children Barbara b 1818 d young, Emily b 1821 and Harriet Sarah b 1824.

After her husband's death she returned to England in May 1827.

Over the next three years she worked to preserve her husband’s memory through editing and publishing his literary works, including Hymns (1827), the Narrative of a Journey (1828), and Sermons (1829). In 1830 she published The Life of Reginald Heber in 2 volumes, including a reconstruction of Heber’s earlier Russian tour, unpublished letters, and other materials, earning, by some reports, upwards of £10,000 in profits.

On 29/7/1830 in Venice Amelia married Count Valsimarchi from Greece. He worked for the Ionian Governement in Corfu and they spent their time bewteen Corfu and his estates in Cephalonia. They had a daughter Penelope

Sources

• Biography. https://btw.wlv.ac.uk/authors/1070
• Foster, Pedigrees of the County Families of England, vol.1 - Lancashire, 1873 - pedigree of Nowell of Read
• Wikipedia: Reginald Heber
• Wikidata: Item Q75574041