Peter Godwin Leith

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Peter was born on Monday, 4 June 1827 at Banff, Aberdeenshire.^1,2 He was the son of Samuel Leith and Agnes Matthews.¹ Peter lived in June 1855 at the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.¹ He was a clerk in June 1855.¹

He married Amelia Oaten, daughter of John Oaten and Charlotte Amelia Pellett, in a Church of England ceremony at St. Peter's on Saturday, 30 June 1855 at Melbourne. He was 28 and his wife Amelia was 19. Amelia was the daughter of a confectioner.. John Oaten attended as father of the bride; others who may have attended the wedding include Charlotte Amelia Pellett as mother of the bride. Peter and Amelia went on to have nine children together.^3,1,2 Peter Godwin Leith was timber measurer circa 1860.²

Peter died on 14 September 1895 at Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, at age 68.²