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Alexandrina MASTERTON (1868 - 1958)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Alexandrina MASTERTON (1868 - 1958) + John Lyall STRACHAN (1864 - 1939)	Alexander MASTERTON (1830 - 1904)
		Elizabeth WHITE ( - 1884)	John WHITE
			Unknown LINDSAY

b. 1868 at Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

m. 1891 John Lyall STRACHAN (1864 - 1939) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1958 at St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia aged 90

Near Relatives of Alexandrina MASTERTON (1868 - 1958)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John WHITE
Grandmother	Unknown LINDSAY
Father	Alexander MASTERTON	1830	Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1904	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	74
Mother	Elizabeth WHITE			1884	Victoria, Australia
Step Mother	Elizabeth GARDINER	1843	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	1916	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	73
Self	Alexandrina MASTERTON	1868	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1958	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia	90
Husband	John Lyall STRACHAN	1864	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	1939	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia	75
Brother	James MASTERTON
Sister	Jennet (?? Isabella) MASTERTON			bef 1935
Sister	Isabella MASTERTON	1859		1881	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	22
Step Brother	John Thomas LOCKWOOD BIRKIN	1859	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1915	Newport, Victoria, Australia	56
Step Brother	Henry LOCKWOOD BIRKIN	1862	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1938	Upwey, Victoria, Australia	76
Sister	Elizabeth MASTERTON	abt 1863		1935	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia	72
Sister	Jane White (Ginnie) MASTERTON	abt 1864	Scotland	1920	Kerang, Victoria, Australia	56
Sister	Marian Minnie MASTERTON	1864	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1950	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	86
Step Brother	Melville Essex BIRKIN	1884	Echuca, Victoria, Australia		Possibly Zimbabwe
Step Brother	Alfred BIRKIN	1864	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1945	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	81
Step Brother	Samuel BIRKIN	1866	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1866	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	0
Step Sister	Elizabeth Sarah BIRKIN	1867	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1952	Ripponlea, Victoria	85
Step Sister	Amy Joanna BIRKIN	1869	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1870	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1
Step Brother	George Walter Gardner BIRKIN	1871	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1895	Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia	24
Step Brother	Alexander Joseph BIRKIN	1873	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1926	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia	53
Step Brother	William Jesse BIRKIN	1873	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1947	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	74
Step Sister	Beatrice Ellen BIRKIN	1876	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1960	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	84
Step Brother	Charles Laurence Ducane BIRKIN	1877	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1931	Fremantle, WA, Australia	54
Step Sister	Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN	1879	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1914	Victoria, Australia	35
Step Brother	James St Patrick Moss BIRKIN	1880	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1951	Perth, WA, Australia	71
Step Sister	Alice Victoria BIRKIN	1881	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Step Sister	Edith Cameron BIRKIN	1886	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1945	Esperance, Western Australia, Australia	59
Nephew	Alfred Strong BIRKIN	1887	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1887	Kensington, Victoria, Australia	0
Niece	Marion Margery Davie Strong BIRKIN	1888	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1962	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	74
Nephew	Richard Jack Lockwood BIRKIN	1892	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1918	Somme, France	26
Niece	Beatrice May Mary Strong BIRKIN	1894	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1941	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	47
Nephew	Frederick George Lockwood BIRKIN	1896	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1916	Villers Bretonneux, France	20
Nephew	Henry 'Harry' Lockwood BIRKIN	1897	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	1970	Victoria, Australia	73
Niece	Jean Amy "Bonny" BIRKIN	1900	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	1968	Victoria, Australia	68
Nephew	Alfred Thomas Lockwood BIRKIN	1903	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	1959	Windsor, Victoria, Australia	56
Nephew	Alfred BIRKIN	1884	Kensington Hill, Victoria, Australia	1946	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	62
Niece	Agnes (Aggie) Isabella BIRKIN	1885	Victoria, Australia	1973	Perth, WA, Australia	88
Niece	Inez BIRKIN	1901	Albury, NSW, Australia
Sister in Law	Julia WARKE	1858	Majorca, Victoria, Australia	1909	Kew, Victoria, Australia	51
Sister in Law	Mary Louisa Alberta STRONG			1921	Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia
Sister in Law	Martha Eva Sutherland Ross COCKBURN	1861	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	1929	Gundegai, New South Wales, Australia	68
Brother in Law	William James SEMPLE			1940
Brother in Law	George Walter HALL	abt 1857		1945	Malvern Victoria, Australia	88
Brother in Law	Joseph Peter HALL	1862	Victoria, Australia	1889	Kerang, Victoria, Australia	27
Brother in Law	Walter Cornelius HALL	1865	Victoria, Australia	1939	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	74
Sister in Law	Estella Marguerita O'BRIEN
Brother in Law	Charles Perry BROWN
Sister in Law	Elizabeth WATKINSON	1870		1948	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	78
Brother in Law	George McKenzie DUNCAN	1875	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	1942	Randwick, NSW, Australia	67
Sister in Law	Bessie BENNETTS	abt 1883		1979	Fremantle, WA, Australia	96
Brother in Law	Charles Cadwallader COVENEY	1870	Victoria, Australia	1942	Berwick, Victoria, Australia	72
Sister in Law	Rosina Eugina QUARTI	abt 1877		1951	Perth, WA, Australia	74
Brother in Law	John JAMES
Brother in Law	William Henry STEWART	1875	Ballan, Victoria, Australia	1938	Esperance, Western Australia, Australia	63

Events in Alexandrina MASTERTON (1868 - 1958)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1868		Alexandrina MASTERTON was born	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1884	16	Death of mother Elizabeth WHITE	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1891	23	Married John Lyall STRACHAN (aged 27)	Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1904	36	Death of father Alexander MASTERTON (aged 74)	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	22, 60
1916	48	Death of step mother Elizabeth GARDINER (aged 73)	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	60
1939	71	Death of husband John Lyall STRACHAN (aged 75)	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
1958	90	Alexandrina MASTERTON died	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1958	90	Burial	Brighton Brighton General Cemetery, Caufield South, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	90

Note 1: Burial records Alexandrina Masterton in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917 Name: Alexandrina Masterton Birth Registration Date: 1868 Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alexander Masterton Mother Maiden Name: White Reference Number: 3354

Note 2: Elizabeth Masterton in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Elizabeth Masterton Death Registration Year: 1884 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: White Jno. Mother Maiden Name: Lindsay Spouse: Alexander Masterton Reference Number: 4952

Note 3: Alexanderina Masterton in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Alexanderina Masterton Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1891 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Jno Lyall Strachan Reference Number: 1617

Note 4: Vic bdm MASTERTON Alexr Death Parents - UNKNOWN Died - Cohuna Age - 74 1904 8269/1904 Kerang New Times 2 Sept 1904 COHUNA. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) On the 27th ult. Mr Alexander Mas- terton passed away at his son's (James Masterton) residence at the ripe age of 74 years. He has been many years a resident of Kyneton, but finding his health rapidly failing, he came to reside at Cohuna. He was formerly a large con- tractor in the Kyneton district and an active member of the Kyneton cavalry. His two daughters residing in this dis- trict are Mrs W. C. Hall, of Cohuna, and Mrs George Hall, of Koroop. Two other daughters are married and reside in Mel- bourne. His remains were interred in the Kyneton cemetery on Tuesday, many old residents by whom he was so highly respected following the remains to the grave.

Note 5: POSSIBLE Elizth Masterton in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Elizth Masterton Birth Year: abt 1843 Age: 73 Death Place: Sanham, Victoria Father's Name: Tom Gardiner Mother's Name: Hannah Gll Registration Year: 1916 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 7783 Kyneton Guardian 20 April 1916 BIRKIN.—On the 19th inst. at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sandringham. Elizabeth Birkin. relict of the late Alfred Birkin, of Kyneton. Victoria, in her 73rd year. Kyneton Guardian 20 April 916 A Former Resident Passes. News has reached Kyneton concerning one of the earliest or our settlers in these parts whose name has become associated with the early history of the place with honour to her family. Mrs Elizabeth Birkin will be remembered here as the wife of the late Mr Alfred Birkin, who formerly worked so successfully in the butchering business in High street which for many years after was known familiarly as Birkin's. She was the loving mother of a large family of sons and daughters, most of whom have now removed from these parts. Those however who have remained are Mrs Charles Brown, the respected wife Mr C. Brown. coach builder. of Baynton street. and Mr W. Birkin who is in the employ of Mr Paul Gardiner. Mrs. Birkin had spent the latter part of her life in Western Australia, where her sons worked with success. Of late, however, she returned to Victoria and spent much of her time in Melbourne and Kyneton. Her health, due probably to her advancing years, has been showing signs of breaking up. She was previously the possessor of a fine constitution and fought against her growing weakness: but she was later obliged to enter St. Margaret's Hospital Sandringham where, despite careful nursing and the best of medical skill, she passed away yesterday in her 73rd year. Kyneton Guardian 27 April 1916 Funeral The remains of the late Mrs Alfred Birkin were laid to rest in the Kyneton Cemetery on Good Friday last. The funeral moved from the residence of her son, Mr William Birkin, in Market street. Mrs Birkin had spent the last 15 years of her life with her youngest daughter, Mrs W. Stewart, of Cliffe. Beach road. Sandringham, and she leaves four daughters and seven sons to mourn their loss. Four of her sons, Messrs Harry, Alfred, William and Charles Birkin, were pall hearers. The funeral service was read by the Ven. Archdeacon Bishop, of St. Pauls, and Mr I Benson efficiently carried out the mortuary arrangements.

Note 6: Alexandrina Strachan in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Alexandrina Strachan Death Registration Year: 1958 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alexander Masterton Mother Maiden Name: White Reference Number: 2044

Note 7: Alexandrina Masterton Strachan Birth 1868 Kyneton, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia Death 14 Feb 1958 (aged 89–90) St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia Burial Brighton General Cemetery Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia

Personal Notes:

Mentioned as Mrs. J. L. Strachan in sister Elizabeth’s death notice in 1935

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Alexandrina Masterton in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917 Name: Alexandrina Masterton Birth Registration Date: 1868 Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alexander Masterton Mother Maiden Name: White Reference Number: 3354

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Alexandrina Strachan in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Alexandrina Strachan Death Registration Year: 1958 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alexander Masterton Mother Maiden Name: White Reference Number: 2044

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Alexanderina Masterton in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Alexanderina Masterton Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1891 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Jno Lyall Strachan Reference Number: 1617

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Alexandrina Masterton Strachan Birth 1868 Kyneton, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia Death 14 Feb 1958 (aged 89–90) St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia Burial Brighton General Cemetery Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia

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