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Sarah HIGGINS (1856 - 1940)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Albert William RITTER (1879 - 1951) Sarah Amelia (Emeilla) RITTER (1880 - 1966) Thomas Charles RITTER (1882 - 1963) Catherine RITTER (1883 - 1970)	Sarah HIGGINS (1856 - 1940) + Carl Albert Emil RITTER (1855 - 1890)	William Bridgland HIGGINS (1819 - 1893)	Austin HIGGINS
			Mary NASH
		Mary YOURN (1820 - 1866)	John YOURN

b. 1856

m. 1878 Carl Albert Emil RITTER (1855 - 1890) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1940 at Alexandra, Victoria, Australia aged 84

Near Relatives of Sarah HIGGINS (1856 - 1940)
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	Sarah HIGGINS	1856		1940	Alexandra, Victoria, Australia	84
Husband	Carl Albert Emil RITTER	1855	Armadale, Victoria, Australia	1890	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	35
Son	Albert William RITTER	1879	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1951	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	72
Daughter	Sarah Amelia (Emeilla) RITTER	1880	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1966	Victoria, Australia	86
Son	Thomas Charles RITTER	1882	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1963	Maldon, Victoria, Australia	81
Daughter	Catherine RITTER	1883	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1970	Alexandra, Victoria, Australia	87
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
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
Sister	Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS	1864	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1942	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	78
Son in Law	George MILNE	1880		1970		90
Niece	Adelaide Maude (Alice) RITTER	1886		1973	Victoria, Australia	87
Nephew	Arnold Karl (Charlie) RITTER	1888	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1966	Carnegie, Victoria, Australia	78
Nephew	William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER	1890	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1961	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	71
Nephew	Harold Gustava RITTER	1891	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1962	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	71
Nephew	Edward Albert RITTER	abt 1893		1901	Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	8
Nephew	Gilbert Louis RITTER	1895		1918	Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France	23
Niece	Anna Elisabeth RITTER	1896	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1978	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	82
Niece	Olive Amelia RITTER	1899	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1928	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	29
Niece	Mary Agnes (Molly) RITTER	1903	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1974	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	71
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	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	Wilhelm Arnold RITTER	1865	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1929	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	64
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 Sarah HIGGINS (1856 - 1940)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1856		Sarah HIGGINS was born		From death reg
1866	10	Death of mother Mary YOURN (aged 46)	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1878	22	Married Carl Albert Emil RITTER (aged 23)	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1879	23	Birth of son Albert William RITTER	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Died 1951 - age 72
1880	24	Birth of daughter Sarah Amelia (Emeilla) RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1882	26	Birth of son Thomas Charles RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1883	27	Birth of daughter Catherine RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	22
1890	34	Death of husband Carl Albert Emil RITTER (aged 35)	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia
1893	37	Death of father William Bridgland HIGGINS (aged 74)	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	22
1940	84	Sarah HIGGINS died	Alexandra, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52, 60

Note 1: 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 2: Sarah Higgins in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Sarah Higgins Marriage Date: 1878 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1878 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Carl Emile Albert Ritter Registration Number: 3837

Note 3: Emeilla Ritter in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Emeilla Ritter Birth Date: Abt 1880 Birth Place: Yandoit, Victoria Registration Year: 1880 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Albt Ritter Mother: Sarah Higgins Registration Number: 19800

Note 4: Thomas Charles Ritter in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Thomas Charles Ritter Birth Date: Abt 1882 Birth Place: Ya ND, Victoria Registration Year: 1882 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Albert Ritter Mother: Sarah Higgins Registration Number: 6361

Note 5: Ancestry tree RITTER Catherine Birth Mother - Sarah HIGGENS Father - Albert YAND 1883 27495/1883

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

Note 7: Sarah Ritter in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Sarah Ritter Death Age: 84 Birth Date: abt 1856 Death Date: Abt 1940 Death Place: Alexandra, Victoria Registration Date: 1940 Registration Place: Australia Father: Wm Higgins Mother: Mary Yourn Registration Number: 20668 Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Goober, Thornton and Acheron Express 11 Oct 1940 The death took place on Sunday of Mrs. Sarah Ritter, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Docking. She was 84 years of age. The remains were in. terred in the Alexandra cemetery on Monday. The Rev. R. Ward read the burial service, and Mr. A. Howell carried out the funeral arrangements.

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Sarah Higgins in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Sarah Higgins Marriage Date: 1878 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1878 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Carl Emile Albert Ritter Registration Number: 3837

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Sarah Ritter in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Sarah Ritter Death Age: 84 Birth Date: abt 1856 Death Date: Abt 1940 Death Place: Alexandra, Victoria Registration Date: 1940 Registration Place: Australia Father: Wm Higgins Mother: Mary Yourn Registration Number: 20668

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Goober, Thornton and Acheron Express 11 Oct 1940 The death took place on Sunday of Mrs. Sarah Ritter, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Docking. She was 84 years of age. The remains were in. terred in the Alexandra cemetery on Monday. The Rev. R. Ward read the burial service, and Mr. A. Howell carried out the funeral arrangements.

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