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Melville Essex BIRKIN (1884 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Melville Essex BIRKIN (1884 - )	Afred BIRKIN (1837 - 1888)	William BIRKIN
			Sarah APPLETON
		Elizabeth GARDINER (1843 - 1916)	John GARDNER ( - 1849)
			Hannah JONES GILL (1804 - 1889)

b. 1884 at Echuca, Victoria, Australia

d. at Possibly Zimbabwe

Near Relatives of Melville Essex BIRKIN (1884 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William BIRKIN
Grandmother	Sarah APPLETON
Grandfather	John GARDNER			1849	Port Adelaide, SA, Australia
Grandmother	Hannah JONES GILL	1804		1889	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	85
Father	Afred BIRKIN	abt 1837	Inworth, Sussex, England	1888	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	51
Step Father	Alexander MASTERTON	1830	Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1904	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	74
Step Father	Richard LOCKWOOD	abt 1836	Suffolk, England	1910	Dunedin, New Zealand	74
Mother	Elizabeth GARDINER	1843	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	1916	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	73
Self	Melville Essex BIRKIN	1884	Echuca, Victoria, Australia		Possibly Zimbabwe
Step Brother	James MASTERTON
Step Sister	Jennet (?? Isabella) MASTERTON			bef 1935
Step Sister	Isabella MASTERTON	1859		1881	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	22
Half Brother	John Thomas LOCKWOOD BIRKIN	1859	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1915	Newport, Victoria, Australia	56
Half Brother	Henry LOCKWOOD BIRKIN	1862	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1938	Upwey, Victoria, Australia	76
Step Sister	Elizabeth MASTERTON	abt 1863		1935	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia	72
Step Sister	Jane White (Ginnie) MASTERTON	abt 1864	Scotland	1920	Kerang, Victoria, Australia	56
Step Sister	Marian Minnie MASTERTON	1864	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1950	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	86
Step Sister	Alexandrina MASTERTON	1868	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1958	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia	90
Brother	Alfred BIRKIN	1864	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1945	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	81
Brother	Samuel BIRKIN	1866	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1866	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Elizabeth Sarah BIRKIN	1867	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1952	Ripponlea, Victoria	85
Sister	Amy Joanna BIRKIN	1869	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1870	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1
Brother	George Walter Gardner BIRKIN	1871	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1895	Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia	24
Brother	Alexander Joseph BIRKIN	1873	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1926	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia	53
Brother	William Jesse BIRKIN	1873	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1947	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	74
Sister	Beatrice Ellen BIRKIN	1876	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1960	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	84
Brother	Charles Laurence Ducane BIRKIN	1877	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1931	Fremantle, WA, Australia	54
Sister	Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN	1879	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1914	Victoria, Australia	35
Brother	James St Patrick Moss BIRKIN	1880	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1951	Perth, WA, Australia	71
Sister	Alice Victoria BIRKIN	1881	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
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
Brother in Law	John Lyall STRACHAN	1864	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	1939	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia	75
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 Melville Essex BIRKIN (1884 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1884		Melville Essex BIRKIN was born	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1888	4	Death of father Afred BIRKIN (aged 51)	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
1904	20	Death of step father Alexander MASTERTON (aged 74)	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	22, 60
1910	26	Death of step father Richard LOCKWOOD (aged 74)	Dunedin, New Zealand	Note 4
1912	28	Electoral roll	P.O. Whin Creek, Coolgardie	BIRKIN Melville Essex - miner
1916	32	Death of mother Elizabeth GARDINER (aged 73)	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	60
		Melville Essex BIRKIN died (no date)	Possibly Zimbabwe	Note 6

Note 1: Melville Essex Birkin in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Melville Essex Birkin Birth Date: Abt 1884 Birth Place: Echuca, Victoria Registration Year: 1884 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alfred Birkin Mother: Elizabeth Gardner Registration Number: 16504

Note 2: Alfred Birkin in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Alfred Birkin Birth Year: abt 1837 Age: 51 Death Place: Kyneton, Victoria Father's Name: Wiliam Mother's Name: Sarah Appleton Registration Year: 1888 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 14185 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 22 Dec 1888 The death, of Mr. Alfred Birkin, grazier and cattle dealer, well-known in the Kyneton dis trict, occurred at his residence, Janfield, Kyne- ton, on Sunday morning.

Note 3: 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 4: New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1964 Name Richard Lockwood Death Date 1910 Registration Place Dunedin Auckland New Zealand

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: Fought in Africa corp during WW1. POSSIBLY child of Melville James Melville Birkin in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: James Melville Birkin Death Place: Western Australia Registration Year: 1906 Registration Place: Mount Margaret, Western Australia Laverton and Beria Mercury (WA) 9 Dec 1906 We regret having to record. the death, at Mrs. Haberley's Home, in Watkins street, Morgans, on Wednesday, of James Melvilla Birkin, aged 12 days. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents, who are widely known and much respected. The remains were interred in the local cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. The Rev John Lee officiated at the grave. James Melville Birkin Birth 26 Jan 1906 Mount Morgans, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia Death 7 Feb 1906 (aged 12 days) Mount Morgans, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia Burial Mount Morgans Mount Morgans, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Melville Essex Birkin in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Melville Essex Birkin Birth Date: Abt 1884 Birth Place: Echuca, Victoria Registration Year: 1884 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alfred Birkin Mother: Elizabeth Gardner Registration Number: 16504

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