Amelia Isabella Tait was born on 22 November 1866, Stirling. She married John Maitland on 16 December 1887 in Glasgow.  John was born on 2 December 1857 in Glasgow. At the time of their marriage by declaration, John (29) was a Journeyman Baker and Amelia (21) was a Baker’s Shopwoman.

John and Amelia had a daughter, Marion McCreath Maitland born 20 July 1888 in Glasgow.

All three emigrated to New Zealand where their second child James Douglas Maitland was born – on 15 March 1904 in Timaru, Canterbury.

John Maitland died, age 76, on 4 November 1934 at Orari Canterbury. Amelia, his wife, died on 8 August 1937, also at Orari.