10th May 1912
Young Amelia has died, she was only aged 15. William and Agnes are of course most upset. She has been a sickly child for several years now and had been in the Infirmary but her health improved. So she was adamant she wanted to become a servant, however soon became ill again after starting. The doctor said she had a heart problem and dropsy.
Amelia was his niece, the daughter of his brother William. She has rheumatic fever aged 9 and had been in the Radcliffe hospital. In March she was taken on as a general servant for Mrs Gray in Oxford. Dropsy is an old medical term for accumulation of fluid within the body causing swelling.
Oxford Chronicle, newspaper, 10/5/1912
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