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William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER (1890 - 1961)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Edward RITTER Robert RITTER Alice Elizabeth RITTER (1913 - ) Clarice Lynn RITTER (1915 - ) William RITTER (1918 - ) Gilbert RITTER (1920 - )	William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER (1890 - 1961) + Mary Alice Elizabeth MAJOR (1884 - 1940)	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. 1890 at Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia

m. 1912 Mary Alice Elizabeth MAJOR (1884 - 1940) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1961 at Daylesford, Victoria, Australia aged 71

Near Relatives of William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER (1890 - 1961)
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 in Law	George MAJOR
Mother in Law	Mary MCEVOY
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	William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER	1890	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	1961	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	71
Wife	Mary Alice Elizabeth MAJOR	1884	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1940	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	56
Son	Edward RITTER
Son	Robert RITTER
Daughter	Alice Elizabeth RITTER	1913	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Daughter	Clarice Lynn RITTER	1915	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Son	William RITTER	1918	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Son	Gilbert RITTER	1920	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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	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	Olive Amelia RITTER	1899	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1928	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	29
Sister	Mary Agnes (Molly) RITTER	1903	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	1974	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	71
Son in Law	A. E. MELLOWS
Son in Law	C. L. BUTTERS
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
Brother in Law	Arthur Hugo YOURN	1878		1967	Victoria, Australia	89
Sister in Law	Elizabeth UNKNOWN			1969	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Sister in Law	Sarah Dudgeon DEWAR	abt 1901		1968	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	67
Brother in Law	David Reeves MATTHEWS
Brother in Law	Edward George MAJOR

Events in William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER (1890 - 1961)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1890		William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER was born	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1912	22	Married Mary Alice Elizabeth MAJOR (aged 28)	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1913	23	Birth of daughter Alice Elizabeth RITTER	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	22
1915	25	Birth of daughter Clarice Lynn RITTER	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	22
1918	28	Birth of son William RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	22
1920	30	Birth of son Gilbert RITTER	Yandoit, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	22
1929	39	Death of father Wilhelm Arnold RITTER (aged 64)	Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1940	50	Death of wife Mary Alice Elizabeth MAJOR (aged 56)	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52, 60
1942	52	Death of mother Elizabeth Jane HIGGINS (aged 78)	Newstead, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52, 60
1961	71	William George John (Wilhelm) RITTER died	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52

Note 1: 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 2: Alice Major in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Alice Major Marriage Date: 1912 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1912 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Geo Wm Ritter Registration Number: 8958

Note 3: RITTER Alice Elizth Birth Mother - Alice MAJOR Father - Wm Geo CASTLEMAINE 1913 20261/1913

Note 4: RITTER Clarice Lynn Birth Mother - Alice MAJOR Father - Wm Geo DAYLESFORD 1915 11717/1915

Note 5: RITTER Wm Birth Mother - Alice MAJOR Father - Wm Geo YANDOIT 1918 15938/1918

Note 6: Event: births Registration number. 36399 / 1920 Family name: RITTER Given name(s) Gilbert Place of event: YANDOIT, VIC, Australia Mother's name - Alice Mother's family name at birth - MAJOR Father's Name: - Wm George

Note 7: 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 8: Ancestry tree Alice Ritter in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Alice Ritter Death Age: 55 Birth Date: abt 1885 Death Date: Abt 1940 Death Place: Fitzroy, Victoria Registration Date: 1940 Registration Place: Australia Father: Geo Major Mother: Mary McEvoy Registration Number: 3715 The Age (Melbourne) 18 April 1940 RITTER.—On April 17, at St. Vincent's Hos- pital, Melbourne, Alice, the dearly loved wife of William George Ritter (Footscray Cemetery Lodge), Geelong-road, Footscray, and the loving mother of Edward, Alice (Mrs. A. E. Mellows), CIarice (Mrs. C. L. Butters), William, Gilbert and Robbie.

Note 9: 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 10: Ancestry tree William George Ritter in the Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009 Name: William George Ritter Death Date: 18 May 1961 Death Place: Daylesford Occupation: Retired Sexton Grant Date: 8 Jun 1962 Grant: P William George Ritter in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: William George Ritter Death Age: 71 Birth Date: abt 1890 Death Date: Abt 1961 Death Place: Daylesford, Victoria Registration Date: 1961 Registration Place: Australia Father: Augu William Mother: Elizabeth Ja Higgins Registration Number: 8521

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: 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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: William George Ritter in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: William George Ritter Death Age: 71 Birth Date: abt 1890 Death Date: Abt 1961 Death Place: Daylesford, Victoria Registration Date: 1961 Registration Place: Australia Father: Augu William Mother: Elizabeth Ja Higgins Registration Number: 8521

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Alice Major in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Alice Major Marriage Date: 1912 Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Date: 1912 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Geo Wm Ritter Registration Number: 8958

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