Amelia (Solomon) Rice (bef. 1835 - 1891)

Born before 1835 in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Robert Statton Rice — married about 1858 (to 1891) in Saint Helier, Jersey

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1891 after age 56 in Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Amelia (Solomon) Rice (1835-1891)

Amelia (Solomon) Rice was born in Cornwall, England.

Birth
Amelia Solomon was born 23 November 1835 at Mevagissey, Cornwall, England.

Marriage
Robert Rice married Amelia Solomon 10 February 1858 at the Bible Christian Chapel, Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Immigration
Robert Rice age 25 and his wife Amelia Rice age 20, emigrated from England to the colony of New South Wales in 1858. They sailed from Plymouth, Devon on board the "Fitzjames" arriving in Sydney on 28 July 1858 after a voyage of 95 days. Robert's occupation was Farm Labourer. Amelia's father George was dead and her mother Margaret was living in Cornwall. ^{[1] [2]}

Death
Amelia (Solomon) Rice passed away 09 January 1891 at Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia. ^[3]

Burial
Amelia (Solomon) Rice is buried at Canowindra Cemetery, Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia. ^[4]

Obituary

"Obituary." The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909) 13 January 1891: page 6.

Obituary.

CANOWINDRA, Monday.—The wife of Mr. Robert Rice, of Glastonbury, an old resident of Carcoar, died on Friday, after some weeks' illness. ^[5]

Research Note

Amelia's age recorded on the immigration record in 1858 is 20 years. Her age at death on 09 January 1891 and inscribed on the original headstone is 55 years, making her born about 1835.
If she was born in 1838 at Cornwall there should be a Birth Record in the UK GRO Birth Index or Free UK BDM Index. The only birth found was for an Amelia Solomon born in 1838 at North Aylesford Union, Kent, England.

Birth: General Register Office for England and Wales (Birth Index): Name: SOLOMON, AMELIA| Mother's Maiden Surname: NEWMAN| GRO Reference: 1838 September Quarter in NORTH AYLESFORD UNION - COUNTY OF KENT| Volume 05 Page 339

An unsourced family tree for the Rice family given to me, records Amelia's date of birth as 23 November 1835 at Mevagissey, Cornwall, England with parents William Solomon and Margaret Hockey.
Amelia's age and place of birth recorded on the children's birth certificates, may provide more accurate information about her approximate year of birth and place of birth.
Research Note added by Diane Darcy 05:56, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Immigration: NSW Assisted Immigrants Index INDEX RICE Robert Assisted Immigrants Index 1839-1896 Age: 25 | Ship: Fitzjames | Year: 1858 | Copy: Reel 2138, [4/4795]; Reel 2477, [4/4974] "Details: Number: INX-9-74173| Title: RICE Robert| Index Name: Assisted Immigrants Index 1839-1896| Name: Robert| Surname: RICE| Age: 25| Ship: Fitzjames| Year: 1858| Place of Arrival: Sydney and/or Newcastle| Remarks: and wife| Copy Reel 2138, [4/4795]; Reel 2477, [4/4974] | ECommerce| Category C| Index Number 9"
2. ↑ Immigration: Vessels Arrived in Sydney 1837-1925Name: FITZJAMES| Arrival Date: 28 July 1858 |Ship Type: SHIP | Series:1841_1866|Page 077 || Details: Number: INX-49-68032| Title: FITZJAMES| Index Name: Vessels Arrived in Sydney 1837-1925| Ship: FITZJAMES: Day: 28| Month: July| Year: 1858| Ship Type: SHIP| Series: 1841_1866| Page No: Page 077| Index Number: 49 "
3. ↑ Death: New South Wales, Australia BDM Index: name: RICE AMELIA| Reg. No. 4762/1891| Father: UNKNOWN| Mother: UNKNOWN| Reg. CANOWINDRA, NSW, Australia
4. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211687549/amelia-rice: accessed 27 June 2023), memorial page for Amelia Soloman Rice (1835–9 Jan 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 211687549, citing Canowindra Cemetery, Canowindra, Cabonne Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by grannymoo (contributor 48845726).
5. ↑ Obituary. (1891, January 13). The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), p. 6. Retrieved June 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228187185

See also:

• http://person.ancestry.com.au/tree/19901560/person/866705290/facts, no supporting sources.