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READ, Amelia

GRAMPS ID	I01882
Birth Name	READ, Amelia ^{1 2 3}
Gender	female

Events

Birth	1818-10-02 at N. Crawley, , Bucks., Eng. ^{4 5 6}
Death	1896-12-10 at Ogden, Weber Co., UT, USA ^{7 8 9}
Burial	1896-12-13 at Ogden, Weber Co., UT, USA ¹⁰

Parents

Father	READ, William M. [I01880] (Birth)
Mother	BRIMLEY, Sarah [I01851] (Birth)
Siblings	READ, William Smith [I01881] READ, Joel [I01883] READ, James [I01884] READ, Naomi [I01885] READ, John Jonah [I01887] READ, Josiah [I01886] READ, Jesse [I01888] READ, John Brimley [I01889] READ, Tryphenia (Tryphena) [I01890] READ, Ezra [I01891] READ, Joseph Paul [I01892]

Families

Married	Husband	BAILEY, William Henry [I07023]
	Marriage	Marriage of BAILEY, William Henry and READ, Amelia, 1838-04-02 at N. Crawley, , Bucks., Eng. ^{11 12 13}
	Children	BAILEY, child10 [I07024] BAILEY, William Henry [I12466] BAILEY, Joseph Moroni [I13873] BAILEY, Sarah Elizabeth [I13874] BAILEY, Nephi [I13875] BAILEY, Lenora [I13876] BAILEY, Tryphena [I13880] BAILEY, Mary Ellen [I13878] BAILEY, John Ezra [I13879] BAILEY, Alvin (Al) [I13877]

Narrative

[E_Cole5H17.GED]

DC0182
Amelia READ was born on 2 Oct 1818 in North Crawley, Buckinghamshire,England. She died on 10 Dec 1896 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
Amelia Read was born 2 October 1818 in North Crowley, Buckinghamshire, England, the oldest daughter and second of 11 children of William Read and Sarah Brimley. She married Henry Bailey 2 April (or 20 June) 1838; their first child, William Henry, was born 16 October 1838 in Cheshire.

In 1846 the couple was living in New Hills, Derbyshire. It was there that Amelia was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder Robert Martin on 30 January 1846. Her husband had joined the church five years earlier, on 3 March 1841. The couple acted as a father and mother to the missionaries.

At the time of the 1851 British Census, the family, with William, Joseph Moroni, Nephi and Lenore at home, were living in the village of Raunds.

Amelia and Henry, with their children Tryphena, Mary Ann and John, emigrated to America from London, leaving on the ship Minnesota on 4 September 1872; they settled in Ogden, Utah. Amelia and Henry were endowed 17July 1876.

On 10 October 1896, at the age of 78, Amelia died in Ogden "without a moment's warning" of "neuralgia of the heart" (June 1897 obituary) or "fatty degeneration of the heart" (death certificate). At that time she had a posterity of ten children, 42 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

At her death her husband wrote, "She died as she had lived, a faithful Latter-day Saint, a kind and faithful wife and devoted mother, and was beloved by all who knew her." (February 1897 obituary)

Amelia is our 2nd Great Grandmother Parents: William M. READ Jr. and Sarah BRIMLEY.
She was married to William Henry BAILEY. Children were: William Henry BAILEY, Joseph Moroni BAILEY, Sarah Elizabeth BAILEY, Nephi BAILEY, Lenora BAILEY, Tryphena BAILEY, Alvin BAILEY, Mary Ellen BAILEY, John Ezra BAILEY.

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Source References

1.	DC0027 Brimley (LBJones) [S001870] Confidence: Normal
2.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
3.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005
4.	DC0053 Brimley (leland) [S002128] Confidence: Normal
5.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
6.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005
7.	DC0027 Brimley (LBJones) [S001870] Confidence: Normal
8.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
9.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005
10.	DC0281 Amys Gedcom (AWiggins) [S003825] Confidence: Normal
11.	DC0027 Brimley (LBJones) [S001870] Confidence: Normal
12.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
13.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005