Life History

27th Aug, 1803	Born in Suriname.
18th Oct, 1868	Died in Kensington

Notes

In the Lutheran index of baptisms, Suriname:

21 Sept. 1803, Amalia Buschman, born 27 Aug.
Mother Majorin Elizabeth Bijval, who is also godmother.
No witnesses.

In the 1841 Census at Leyton Street, Lower Leyton, Essex

Buschman, Amelia	35	Ind.	Not born in Essex
Blinkhorn, Camelia	55	F.S.	Not born in Essex
Dodd, Catherine	45	F.S.	Not born in Essex
Ford, Thomas	40	M.S.	b. Essex

In the 1851 census, Amelia Buschman (48, born in 'Surinam West Indies') is recorded in the household of her sister Laurentia and Charles Stewart Drewry.

In the 1861 census, Amelia is living in the household of Richard and Sarah Lane in Lindfield, Sussex:

Amelia Buschman

57

Governess

b. 'Surinam', United States (!)

Amelia Buschman died, aged 65, in Kensington, in 1868.

Amelia's Death reported in The Morning Post on 21st October, 1868

GRO

Deaths Dec 1868, Buschman Amelia, 65, Kensington, 1a 6