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Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN (1879 - 1914)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN (1879 - 1914) + Charles Cadwallader COVENEY (1870 - 1942)	Afred BIRKIN (1837 - 1888)	William BIRKIN
			Sarah APPLETON
		Elizabeth GARDINER (1843 - 1916)	John GARDNER ( - 1849)
			Hannah JONES GILL (1804 - 1889)

b. 1879 at Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

m. 1898 Charles Cadwallader COVENEY (1870 - 1942) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1914 at Victoria, Australia aged 35

Near Relatives of Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN (1879 - 1914)
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 in Law	Charles Coutts COVENEY
Mother in Law	Annie CADWALLADER
Father	Afred BIRKIN	abt 1837	Inworth, Sussex, England	1888	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	51
Mother	Elizabeth GARDINER	1843	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	1916	Sandringham, Victoria, Australia	73
Self	Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN	1879	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1914	Victoria, Australia	35
Husband	Charles Cadwallader COVENEY	1870	Victoria, Australia	1942	Berwick, Victoria, Australia	72
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
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
Brother	James St Patrick Moss BIRKIN	1880	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1951	Perth, WA, Australia	71
Sister	Alice Victoria BIRKIN	1881	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Brother	Melville Essex BIRKIN	1884	Echuca, Victoria, Australia		Possibly Zimbabwe
Sister	Edith Cameron BIRKIN	1886	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	1945	Esperance, Western Australia, Australia	59
Step Brother	James MASTERTON
Step Sister	Jennet (?? Isabella) MASTERTON			bef 1935
Step Sister	Isabella MASTERTON	1859		1881	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia	22
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
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
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
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
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

Events in Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN (1879 - 1914)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1879		Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN was born	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1888	9	Death of father Afred BIRKIN (aged 51)	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
1898	19	Married Charles Cadwallader COVENEY (aged 28)	Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1914	35	Ruth Charlotte BIRKIN died	Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1914	35	Burial	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery	Note 5	90

Note 1: Ruth Charlotte Birkin in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Ruth Charlotte Birkin Birth Date: Abt 1879 Birth Place: Kyneton, Victoria Registration Year: 1879 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alfred Birkin Mother: Elizabeth Gardiner Registration Number: 3696

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: Ruth Charl Birkin in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Ruth Charl Birkin Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1898 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Chas Cadwallader Coveney Reference Number: 3226

Note 4: Burial info Ruth Chtte Coveney in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 ame: Ruth Chtte Coveney Birth Year: abt 1879 Age: 35 Death Place: Victoria Father's Name: Birkin Aled Mother's Name: Elizth Gardner Registration Year: 1914 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 5456 The Argus (Melbourne) 25 April 1914 COVENEY (nee Birkin). -On the 22nd April, at Barkly street, North Fitzroy, Ruth Charlotte, wife of C C Coveney, and loving mother of Elsie, Charles, and Annie, fourth daughter of Elizabeth and the late Alfred Birkin, Kyneten. Peace, perfect peace,

Note 5: Ruth Charlotte Birkin Coveney Birth 1879 Kyneton, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia Death Apr 1914 (aged 34–35) Victoria, Australia Burial Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery Coburg, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia Ruth was possibly initially buried at Northcote Cemetery, and then moved to Coburg. She is listed in the Handwritten Index of Northcote Cemetery, associated with Receipt Number 289. However she is listed in Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust online deceased search as buried at Coburg with her husband and son.

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Ruth Chtte Coveney in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 ame: Ruth Chtte Coveney Birth Year: abt 1879 Age: 35 Death Place: Victoria Father's Name: Birkin Aled Mother's Name: Elizth Gardner Registration Year: 1914 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 5456

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Ruth Charlotte Birkin in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Ruth Charlotte Birkin Birth Date: Abt 1879 Birth Place: Kyneton, Victoria Registration Year: 1879 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Alfred Birkin Mother: Elizabeth Gardiner Registration Number: 3696

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Ruth Charl Birkin in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Ruth Charl Birkin Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1898 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Chas Cadwallader Coveney Reference Number: 3226

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The Argus (Melbourne) 25 April 1914 COVENEY (nee Birkin). -On the 22nd April, at Barkly street, North Fitzroy, Ruth Charlotte, wife of C C Coveney, and loving mother of Elsie, Charles, and Annie, fourth daughter of Elizabeth and the late Alfred Birkin, Kyneten. Peace, perfect peace,

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Ruth Charlotte Birkin Coveney Birth 1879 Kyneton, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia Death Apr 1914 (aged 34–35) Victoria, Australia Burial Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery Coburg, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia Ruth was possibly initially buried at Northcote Cemetery, and then moved to Coburg. She is listed in the Handwritten Index of Northcote Cemetery, associated with Receipt Number 289. However she is listed in Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust online deceased search as buried at Coburg with her husband and son.

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