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Anna Elisabeth RITTER (1896 - 1978)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Anna Elisabeth RITTER (1896 - 1978) + David Reeves MATTHEWS	Wilhelm Arnold RITTER (1865 - 1929)	Johann Albert RITTER (1826 - 1890)	Carl (Charles) Gottfried RITTER (1796 - )
				Teothera RELLNER (1794 - )
			Emelia (Amelia) Caroline LIEBIG (1834 - 1879)
		Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS (1864 - 1942)	William Bridgland HIGGINS (1819 - 1893)	Austin HIGGINS
				Mary NASH
			Mary YOURN (1820 - 1866)	John YOURN

b. 1896 at Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

m. 1916 David Reeves MATTHEWS at Victoria, Australia

d. 1978 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 82

Near Relatives of Anna Elisabeth RITTER (1896 - 1978)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Johann Albert RITTER	1826	Kindelbruch, Thuringia, Germany	01 Jun 1890	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	64
Grandmother	Emelia (Amelia) Caroline LIEBIG	1834		1879	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	45
Grandfather	William Bridgland HIGGINS	1819		1893	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	74
Grandmother	Mary YOURN	1820		1866	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	46
Father	Wilhelm Arnold RITTER	1865	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1929	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	64
Mother	Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS	1864	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1942	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	78
Self	Anna Elisabeth RITTER	1896	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1978	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	82
Husband	David Reeves MATTHEWS
Sister	Adelaide Maude (Alice) RITTER	1886		1973	Victoria, Australia	87
Brother	Arnold Karl (Charlie) RITTER	1888	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1966	Carnegie, Victoria, Australia	78
Brother	William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER	1890	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1961	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	71
Brother	Harold Gustava RITTER	1891	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1962	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	71
Brother	Edward Albert RITTER	abt 1893		1901	Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	8
Brother	Gilbert Louis RITTER	1895		1918	Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France	23
Sister	Olive Amelia RITTER	1899	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1928	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	29
Sister	Mary Agnes (Molly) RITTER	1903	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1974	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	71
Uncle	Carl Albert Emil RITTER	1855	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	1890	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	35
Aunt	Sarah HIGGINS	1856		1940	Alexandra, Victoria, Australia	84
Uncle	Albert Charles RITTER	1856	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1890	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	34
Aunt	Emelia Dorothea (Minnie) RITTER	1857	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia	1949	Maldon, Victoria, Australia	92
Uncle	Conrad YAGER	abt 1845	Gumbach, Germany	1916	Maldon, Victoria, Australia	71
Aunt	Bertha Clara RITTER	1862	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1953	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	91
Uncle	John TURVEY	1857		1921	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	64
Uncle	Emile Paul Louis RITTER	1867	Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Amelia (3rd dau) Frederica RITTER	1870	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1945	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	75
Uncle	William Daniell (David) BLAIR
Aunt	Albina Agnes RITTER	1873	Victoria, Australia	1927	Victoria, Australia	54
Uncle	Frederick Alex MCNAB			1944	Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Anna Maria (youngest dau) RITTER	1875	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1961	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	86
Uncle	Hans Jorgen Emil JORGENSEN	1872	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	1915	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	43
Uncle	John Henry HIGGINS	1844	Port Gawler, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	1914	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	70
Uncle	William George HIGGINS	1849	Reedy Creek, Tungkillo, South Australia, Australia	1871	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	22
Uncle	Austin HIGGINS	1854	Victoria, Australia	1916	Victoria, Australia	62
Aunt	Amelia BEAR
Uncle	Thomas HIGGINS	1859	Jim Crow, Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Mary Ann HIGGINS	1860	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1940	Victoria, Australia	80
Uncle	William COOPER	1857	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	1933	Victoria, Australia	76
Uncle	Albert Edward HIGGINS	1862	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1863	Victoria, Australia	1
Cousin	Albert William RITTER	1879	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1951	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	72
Cousin	Sarah Amelia (Emeilla) RITTER	1880	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1966	Victoria, Australia	86
Cousin	Thomas Charles RITTER	1882	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1963	Maldon, Victoria, Australia	81
Cousin	Catherine RITTER	1883	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1970	Alexandra, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	Yacob YAGER	1880	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	1940	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	60
Cousin	William Conrad YAGER	1892	Maldon, Victoria, Australia	1951	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia	59
Cousin	Bertha Caroline TURVEY	1887		1888		1
Nephew	Edward RITTER
Nephew	Robert RITTER
Niece	Alice Elizabeth RITTER	1913	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Clarice Lynn RITTER	1915	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	William RITTER	1918	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Gilbert RITTER	1920	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Brother in Law	Arthur Hugo YOURN	1878		1967	Victoria, Australia	89
Sister in Law	Elizabeth UNKNOWN			1969	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Sister in Law	Mary Alice Elizabeth MAJOR	1884	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1940	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	56
Sister in Law	Sarah Dudgeon DEWAR	abt 1901		1968	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	67
Brother in Law	Edward George MAJOR

Events in Anna Elisabeth RITTER (1896 - 1978)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1896		Anna Elisabeth RITTER was born	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1916	20	Married David Reeves MATTHEWS	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1929	33	Death of father Wilhelm Arnold RITTER (aged 64)	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1940	44	Divorce	Victoria, Australia	Note 4
1942	46	Death of mother Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS (aged 78)	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52, 60
1978	82	Anna Elisabeth RITTER died	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1978	82	Burial	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria	Note 7	90

Note 1: Anna Elizth Ritter in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Anna Elizth Ritter Birth Date: Abt 1896 Birth Place: Yandoit, Victoria Registration Year: 1896 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Wm Ritter Mother: Elizth Jane Higgins Registration Number: 32141

Note 2: Anna Elzth Ritter in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Anna Elzth Ritter Marriage Date: 1916 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1916 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Reeves David Matthews Registration Number: 2595

Note 3: William Ritter in the Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009 Name: William Ritter Death Date: 7 Aug 1929 Death Place: Clydesdale Occupation: Farmer Grant Date: 11 Sep 1929 Grant: P Wm Ritter in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Wm Ritter Death Age: 64 Birth Date: abt 1865 Death Date: Abt 1929 Death Place: Yandoit, Victoria Registration Date: 1929 Registration Place: Australia Father: Johann Albt Ritter Mother: Amelia Leibeg Registration Number: 12694

Note 4: Anna Elizabeth Matthews in the Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940 Name: Anna Elizabeth Matthews Gender: Female Role: Petitioner Divorce Age: 43 Birth Date: abt 1897 Birth Place: Clydesdale Marriage Date: 6 Mar 1916 Marriage Place: Maryborough Court Date: 1940 Divorce Date: 1940 Divorce Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: David Reeves Matthews Case Number: 136

Note 5: Eliz Jane Ritter in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Eliz Jane Ritter Death Age: 78 Birth Date: abt 1864 Death Date: Abt 1942 Death Place: Newstead, Victoria Registration Date: 1942 Registration Place: Australia Father: Wm Higgins Mother: Mary Yourn Registration Number: 28183 The Age (Melbourne) 27. Aug 1942 RITTER. — On August 25, at her resi dence, Clydesdale, Elizabeth Jane, beloved wife of the late William Ritter, and loving mother of Adelaide (Mrs. A. Yourn), Charlie, Will. Harold, Gilbert (killed in action, 1918), Edward (deceased), Anna Olive (deceased), Mary, loving grand- ma of 22 children, 2 great grandchildren in her 79th years.

Note 6: Burial info Anna Elizabeth Matthews in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Anna Elizabeth Matthews Death Registration Year: 1978 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Ritter Mother Maiden Name: Higgins Reference Number: 15889

Note 7: Anna Matthews Birth 1896 Death 14 Jul 1978 (aged 81–82) Burial Melbourne General Cemetery Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Plot MGC-GRK-Comp-HH-No-193

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Anna Elizabeth Matthews in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Anna Elizabeth Matthews Death Registration Year: 1978 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Ritter Mother Maiden Name: Higgins Reference Number: 15889

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Anna Elizth Ritter in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Anna Elizth Ritter Birth Date: Abt 1896 Birth Place: Yandoit, Victoria Registration Year: 1896 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Wm Ritter Mother: Elizth Jane Higgins Registration Number: 32141

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Anna Elzth Ritter in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Anna Elzth Ritter Marriage Date: 1916 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1916 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Reeves David Matthews Registration Number: 2595

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Anna Matthews Birth 1896 Death 14 Jul 1978 (aged 81–82) Burial Melbourne General Cemetery Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Plot MGC-GRK-Comp-HH-No-193

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