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Olive Amelia RITTER (1899 - 1928)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Olive Amelia RITTER (1899 - 1928) + Edward George MAJOR	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. 1899 at Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

m. 1925 Edward George MAJOR at Victoria, Australia

d. 1928 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 29

Near Relatives of Olive Amelia RITTER (1899 - 1928)
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	Olive Amelia RITTER	1899	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1928	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	29
Husband	Edward George MAJOR
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	Anna Elisabeth RITTER	1896	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1978	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	82
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	David Reeves MATTHEWS

Events in Olive Amelia RITTER (1899 - 1928)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1899		Olive Amelia RITTER was born	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1925	26	Married Edward George MAJOR	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1928	29	Olive Amelia RITTER died	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1928	29	Burial	Footscray cemetery, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	90

Note 1: 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 2: Olive Amelia Ritter  in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Olive Amelia Ritter Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1925 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Edward George Major Reference Number: 7422

Note 3: 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 4: Amelia Olive Major Birth unknown Death 15 Oct 1928 Burial Footscray General Cemetery Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia Plot Wesleyan A, Grave 899 Memorial ID

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Olive Amelia Ritter  in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Olive Amelia Ritter Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1925 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Edward George Major Reference Number: 7422

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: 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

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 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.

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Amelia Olive Major Birth unknown Death 15 Oct 1928 Burial Footscray General Cemetery Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia Plot Wesleyan A, Grave 899 Memorial ID

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