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Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS (1864 - 1942)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Adelaide Maude (Alice) RITTER (1886 - 1973) Arnold Karl (Charlie) RITTER (1888 - 1966) William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER (1890 - 1961) Harold Gustava RITTER (1891 - 1962) Edward Albert RITTER (1893 - 1901) Gilbert Louis RITTER (1895 - 1918) Anna Elisabeth RITTER (1896 - 1978) Olive Amelia RITTER (1899 - 1928) Mary Agnes (Molly) RITTER (1903 - 1974)	Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS (1864 - 1942) + Wilhelm Arnold RITTER (1865 - 1929)	William Bridgland HIGGINS (1819 - 1893)	Austin HIGGINS
			Mary NASH
		Mary YOURN (1820 - 1866)	John YOURN

b. 1864 at Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

m. 1886 Wilhelm Arnold RITTER (1865 - 1929) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1942 at Newstead, Victoria, Australia aged 78

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

Events in Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS (1864 - 1942)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1864		Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS was born	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1866	2	Death of mother Mary YOURN (aged 46)	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1886	22	Birth of daughter Adelaide Maude (Alice) RITTER		Burial info
1886	22	Married Wilhelm Arnold RITTER (aged 21)	Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1888	24	Birth of son Arnold Karl (Charlie) RITTER	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Ancestry tree
1890	26	Birth of son William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1891	27	Birth of son Harold Gustava RITTER	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
abt 1893	29	Birth of son Edward Albert RITTER		Died 1901 - age 8
1893	29	Death of father William Bridgland HIGGINS (aged 74)	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	22
1895	31	Birth of son Gilbert Louis RITTER
1896	32	Birth of daughter Anna Elisabeth RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1899	35	Birth of daughter Olive Amelia RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1901	37	Death of son Edward Albert RITTER (aged 8)	Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	22
1903	39	Birth of daughter Mary Agnes (Molly) RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52
1918	54	Death of son Gilbert Louis RITTER (aged 23)	Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France	Note 11
1928	64	Death of daughter Olive Amelia RITTER (aged 29)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 12	52, 60
1929	65	Death of husband Wilhelm Arnold RITTER (aged 64)	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 13	52
1942	78	Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS died	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	Note 14	52, 60
1942	78	Burial	Newstead Cemetery, Mount Alexander, Victoria	Note 15	90

Note 1: Death reg Elizabeth Jane Higgins in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Elizabeth Jane Higgins Birth Date: Abt 1864 Birth Place: Yando, Yandoit, VictoriaRegistration Year: 1864 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Higgins Mother: Mary Yourn Registration Number: 12521

Note 2: Mary Higgins in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Mary Higgins Death Age: 46 Birth Date: abt 1820 Death Date: Abt 1866 Death Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1866 Registration Place: Australia Father: John Yourn (or Uren) Registration Number: 12285

Note 3: Elizabeth Jane Higgins in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Elizabeth Jane Higgins Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1886 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: William Ritter Reference Number: 3123

Note 4: Ancestry tree William George Ritter in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: William George Ritter Birth Date: Abt 1890 Birth Place: Yandoit, Victoria Registration Year: 1890 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Ritter Mother: Elizth Jane Higgins Registration Number: 8877

Note 5: Ancestry tree Harold Gustava Ritter in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Harold Gustava Ritter Birth Date: Abt 1891 Birth Place: Yandoit, Victoria Registration Year: 1891 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Wm Ritter Mother: Euzth Higgins Registration Number: 28105

Note 6: HIGGINS. Wm Death Mother - Mary NASH Father - Austin Died at Yandoit Age - 74 1893 12565/1893

Note 7: 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 8: Olive Amelia Ritter  in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917 Name: Olive Amelia Ritter Birth Registration Date: 1899 Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Wm Ritter Mother Maiden Name: Higgins Reference Number: 23312

Note 9: Dec in mothers death notice in 1942 RITTER Edwd Albt Death Mother - Elizth HIGGINS Father - Ritter Wm Cmaine H Age - 8 1901 5122/1901

Note 10: Mary Agnes Ritter in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Mary Agnes Ritter Birth Date: Abt 1903 Birth Place: Yandoit, Victoria Registration Year: 1903 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Wm Ritter Mother: Elizth Jane Higgins Registration Number: 22365

Note 11: Gilbert Louis Ritter in the UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 Name: Gilbert Louis Ritter Gender: Male Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1895 Death Date: 23 Aug 1918 Cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres Burial Country: France Regiment: Australian Field Artillery Regimental Number: 37583 Region or Memorial: France Father: William Ritter Mother: Elizabeth Jane Ritter

Note 12: Olive Amelia Major  in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Olive Amelia Major Death Registration Year: 1928 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Ritter William Major Mother Maiden Name: Higgins Reference Number: 13945 The Age (Melbourne) 16 Oct 1928 MAJOR (nee Ritter). —On the 14th October, at Women's Hospital, Olive Amelia, dearly loved daughter of Mrs. and Mr. W. Ritter, Clydes- dale; loved sister of Adelaide (Mrs. Yourn), Charlie, Willie, Harold, Teddie (deceased), Gilbert (killed in action), Anna (Mrs. Matthews), Mary, and aunt of Marjorie.

Note 13: 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 14: 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 15: Elizabeth Ritter Birth 1864 Death Aug 1942 (aged 77–78) Burial Newstead Cemetery Newstead, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia Plot 8E

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Elizabeth Jane Higgins in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Elizabeth Jane Higgins Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1886 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: William Ritter Reference Number: 3123

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Elizabeth Jane Higgins in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Elizabeth Jane Higgins Birth Date: Abt 1864 Birth Place: Yando, Yandoit, VictoriaRegistration Year: 1864 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Higgins Mother: Mary Yourn Registration Number: 12521

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 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

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 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.

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Elizabeth Ritter Birth 1864 Death Aug 1942 (aged 77–78) Burial Newstead Cemetery Newstead, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia Plot 8E

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