Maude May Ryan

F, #28041, b. 1861, d. 1931
Married NameBennie. 
Birth*1861 
Marriage*Dec 1890 Spouse: Alexander Bruce Bennie. South Preston, VIC, Australia, #M7241/1890, Alexr Bruce BENNIE & Maude May RYAN.1
 
Marriage-Notice*20 Dec 1890 BENNIE—RYAN.— By special licence, at Mountain View, South Preston, by the Rev. John Fulford, Alexander Bruce, M.A., son of James Bennie, late H.M.C., to Maude May, daughter of the late Wolryche Whitmore Ryan, H.M.C., niece of Sir Charles Lester Ryan, K.C.B., Burley Bushes, England.2 
Widow21 Apr 1919Maude May Ryan became a widow upon the death of her husband Alexander Bruce Bennie.3 
Death*1931 Richmond, VIC, Australia, #D11418/1931 (Age 70) (par Woolwich Whitmore RYAN & Unknown STEVENS) - as Maude May BENNIE.4 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1903Normanby Street, Berwick, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Alexander Bruce Bennie.5
190963 Armadale Street, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Alexander Bruce Bennie.6
bt 1914 - 191963 Armadale Street, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Alexander Bruce Bennie. With Elsie May Bennie.7,8

Family

 Alexander Bruce Bennie b. 1864, d. 21 Apr 1919
Child 1.Elsie May Bennie11 b. 13 Oct 1891, d. 1973

Newspaper-Articles

  • 10 Jan 1907: Dr. and Mrs. Bennie, of Berwick, leave for England on the 5th February. They expect to be away for about two years. Miss Bennie, who goes with them, looks forward to seeing her cousin, who is making very promising progress with her singing during the short time she has been in Europe. Alexander Bruce Bennie, Elsie May Bennie9
  • 6 Feb 1908: Dr. A. B. Bennie, late of Berwick, Mrs. Bennie and their daughter arrive in Melbourne by the Mooltan on the 11th February after their twelve months' continental trip. Alexander Bruce Bennie, Elsie May Bennie10

Citations

  1. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M7241/1890, Alexr Bruce BENNIE & Maude May RYAN."
  2. [S14] Newspaper - Leader (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 20 Dec 1890, p43
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198182818
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D8322/1919 (Age 55) (par Jas BENNIE & Marion BRUCE) - as Alexr Bruce BENNIE, Death registered at Melb S, Australia."
  4. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D11418/1931 (Age 70) (par Woolwich Whitmore RYAN & Unknown STEVENS) - as Maude May BENNIE, Death registered at Richmond, Australia."
  5. [S103] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1903.
  6. [S109] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1909.
  7. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  8. [S119] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1919.
  9. [S14] Newspaper - Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 10 Jan 1907, p22
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175790856
  10. [S14] Newspaper - Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 6 Feb 1908, p24
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176013727
  11. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B31752/1891 (par Alexr Bruce BENNIE & Maude May RYAN) - as Elsie May BENNIE, Birth registered at Coalville, Australia."
Last Edited10 Jun 2022

Elsie May Bennie

F, #28042, b. 13 Oct 1891, d. 1973
Father*Alexander Bruce Bennie1 b. 1864, d. 21 Apr 1919
Mother*Maude May Ryan1 b. 1861, d. 1931
Birth*13 Oct 1891 Coalville, VIC, Australia, #B31752/1891 (par Alexr Bruce BENNIE & Maude May RYAN) - as Elsie May BENNIE.1 
Birth-Notice*21 Nov 1891 BENNIE.—On the 13th ult., at Lansdowne, Coalville, Gippsland the wife of A B Bennie, M.A., M.B., B.S. (Melbourne)—a daughter.2 
Death*1973 Heidelberg, VIC, Australia, #D20953/1973 (Age 81) (par Alexander Bruce BENNIE & Maude May RYAN) - as Elsie May BENNIE.3 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
bt 1914 - 191963 Armadale Street, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: teacher. With Alexander Bruce Bennie and Maude May Bennie.4,5

Newspaper-Articles

  • 10 Jan 1907: Dr. and Mrs. Bennie, of Berwick, leave for England on the 5th February. They expect to be away for about two years. Miss Bennie, who goes with them, looks forward to seeing her cousin, who is making very promising progress with her singing during the short time she has been in Europe. Alexander Bruce Bennie, Maude May Bennie6
  • 6 Feb 1908: Dr. A. B. Bennie, late of Berwick, Mrs. Bennie and their daughter arrive in Melbourne by the Mooltan on the 11th February after their twelve months' continental trip. Alexander Bruce Bennie, Maude May Ryan7

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B31752/1891 (par Alexr Bruce BENNIE & Maude May RYAN) - as Elsie May BENNIE, Birth registered at Coalville, Australia."
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 21 Nov 1891, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8643362
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D20953/1973 (Age 81) (par Alexander Bruce BENNIE & Maude May RYAN) - as Elsie May BENNIE, born Berwick. Death registered at Heidelberg, Australia."
  4. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  5. [S119] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1919.
  6. [S14] Newspaper - Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 10 Jan 1907, p22
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175790856
  7. [S14] Newspaper - Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 6 Feb 1908, p24
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176013727
Last Edited10 Jun 2022

Annie Ina Harris

F, #28043, b. Mar 1893, d. 14 Dec 1896
Father*Eli Harris1 b. Jul 1852, d. 10 Oct 1925
Mother*Bessie Clark1 b. 1866, d. 12 Feb 1921
Birth*Mar 1893 Dandenong, VIC, Australia, #B12014/1893 (par Eli HARRIS & Bessie CLARK) - as Annie Inez HARRIS.2 
Death*14 Dec 1896 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D12463/1896 (Age 3) (par Eli HARRIS & Elizth CLARKE) - as Annie Ina HARRIS.1 
Inquest14 Dec 1896Inquest held 1896/1532. Annie Ina Harris died at Berwick on the 14th day of December 1896 from the effects of burns accidentally received at Officer on Sunday the 13th day of December 1896.
This deponent Ruby Harris on her oath saith, I am twelve years of age. I reside with my mother at Officer. I know deceased, she is my sister. Between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon the 13th December 1896 my mother was away from home. There were five of us children at home. The deceased was playing in the kitchen by herself. She ran out of the kitchen screaming. I went to see what was the matter and found all her clothes on fire. I got a bag and wrapped around her. I then removed the burnt clothing and placed her on the bed. I then went for my mother who was at a neighbour's house and informed her what had occurred, deceased was quite conscious and spoke to me.
When deceased screamed out first I and the rest of the family were in a house about 7 yards away, there was some fruit on the fire at the time for jam making, and she may have been helping herself to it and this is the only way I can account for her clothes catching fire.
Ruby Harris
Taken and sworn before me the 14th day of December 1896 at Berwick. James Wilson, JP

This deponent Elizabeth Harris on her oath saith, I am a married woman residing at Officer. Deceased was my daughter, she would be four years of age next March. About two or three o'clock yesterday afternoon 13th December 1896 I went to a neighbour's house about a quarter of a mile away. When I left home I left my six children at home, everything was quite safe when I went away. I was away about half an hour when my daughter Daisy came running over and told me Ina was burnt and I returned at once, when I arrived home I found deceased on the children's bed all her clothes had been removed, on examination I found deceased was very much burnt about the face and body. I wrapped her up and brought her in all haste to Dr Bennie at Berwick. He attended to her at once, and did all he could. I asked him what his opinion was and he pronounced the case as hopeless and on the Doctor's recommendation I removed the child to the house of Mrs Ladd. After every care deceased expired between half past twelve and one o'clock this morning. The distance from Officer where the accident happened to Berwick is about seven miles. When I left home there was a small fire in the kitchen and left a pan containing fruit on the fire, I cannot account how the accident occurred.
E. Harris
Taken and sworn before me the 14th day of December 1896 at Berwick. James Wilson, JP.3 

Grave

  • 4-268-B, Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, VIC, Australia4

Newspaper-Articles

  • 15 Dec 1896: BERWICK, Monday. Annie Harris, aged 4 years, was severely burnt yesterday, and died to-day. Deceased resided with her mother on a selection in the Beaconsfield Ranges, and was left in charge of an elder sister yesterday while playing in the kitchen, when a spark from the fire flew on her dress and ignited it. Her sister became frightened and did not know what to do, and the whole of the child's clothes were consumed. The little sufferer was conveyed to Berwick, but Dr. Bennie pronounced the case hopeless from the first. , Alexander Bruce Bennie5

Citations

  1. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D12463/1896 (Age 3) (par Eli HARRIS & Elizth CLARKE) - as Annie Ina HARRIS, Death registered at Berwick, Australia."
  2. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B12014/1893 (par Eli HARRIS & Bessie CLARK) - as Annie Inez HARRIS, Birth registered at Dand, Australia."
  3. [S24] PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 1896/1532. Annie Ina Harris. Inquest. Cause of death: Burns; Location of hearing: Berwick.
  4. [S44] Index of burials in the cemetery of Berwick,
    4-268-B Harris Ann J. F 4 15/12/1896 303.
  5. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 15 Dec 1896, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193447543
Last Edited9 Jul 2022

Daisy Bessie Margaret Harris

F, #28044, b. 27 Nov 1883, d. 1968
Father*Eli Harris1 b. Jul 1852, d. 10 Oct 1925
Mother*Bessie Clark1 b. 1866, d. 12 Feb 1921
Birth*27 Nov 1883 Shepparton, VIC, Australia, #B26476/1883 - as Bessie Margaret HARRIS.1,2 
Education*abt 1890 State School 2742, Officer, VIC, Australia.3 
(Witness) Inquest14 Dec 1896Daisy Bessie Margaret Harris witnessed the Inquest of Annie Ina Harris on 14 Dec 1896; 1896/1532. Annie Ina Harris died at Berwick on the 14th day of December 1896 from the effects of burns accidentally received at Officer on Sunday the 13th day of December 1896.
This deponent Ruby Harris on her oath saith, I am twelve years of age. I reside with my mother at Officer. I know deceased, she is my sister. Between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon the 13th December 1896 my mother was away from home. There were five of us children at home. The deceased was playing in the kitchen by herself. She ran out of the kitchen screaming. I went to see what was the matter and found all her clothes on fire. I got a bag and wrapped around her. I then removed the burnt clothing and placed her on the bed. I then went for my mother who was at a neighbour's house and informed her what had occurred, deceased was quite conscious and spoke to me.
When deceased screamed out first I and the rest of the family were in a house about 7 yards away, there was some fruit on the fire at the time for jam making, and she may have been helping herself to it and this is the only way I can account for her clothes catching fire.
Ruby Harris
Taken and sworn before me the 14th day of December 1896 at Berwick. James Wilson, JP

This deponent Elizabeth Harris on her oath saith, I am a married woman residing at Officer. Deceased was my daughter, she would be four years of age next March. About two or three o'clock yesterday afternoon 13th December 1896 I went to a neighbour's house about a quarter of a mile away. When I left home I left my six children at home, everything was quite safe when I went away. I was away about half an hour when my daughter Daisy came running over and told me Ina was burnt and I returned at once, when I arrived home I found deceased on the children's bed all her clothes had been removed, on examination I found deceased was very much burnt about the face and body. I wrapped her up and brought her in all haste to Dr Bennie at Berwick. He attended to her at once, and did all he could. I asked him what his opinion was and he pronounced the case as hopeless and on the Doctor's recommendation I removed the child to the house of Mrs Ladd. After every care deceased expired between half past twelve and one o'clock this morning. The distance from Officer where the accident happened to Berwick is about seven miles. When I left home there was a small fire in the kitchen and left a pan containing fruit on the fire, I cannot account how the accident occurred.
E. Harris
Taken and sworn before me the 14th day of December 1896 at Berwick. James Wilson, JP.4 
Marriage*1905 #M1584/1905. Daisy Bessie Margaret HARRIS & Amos Albert CAPORN, Place of Marriage: WANNEROO.5
 
Death*1968 Perth, WA, Australia, #D3146/1968 (Age 84) (par Eli E & Bessie M) - as Daisy Bessie Margaret CAPORN. Registration District: Perth.6 

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online).
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: Davies Francis Tree, Tree ID: 24139835
    Person viewed: Bessie Margaret (Daisy) Harris, Birth Date: 27 Nov 1883, Death Date: 30 Aug 1968.
  3. [S393] Eileen M. Williams, Officer Primary School, List of pupils, p33
    some registrations from 1890, includes Harris Bessie, Harris Ruby.
  4. [S24] PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 1896/1532. Annie Ina Harris. Inquest. Cause of death: Burns; Location of hearing: Berwick.
  5. [S62] Western Australian Government. BDM Index Western Australia.
  6. [S62] Western Australian Government. BDM Index Western Australia "#D3146/1968 (Age 84) (par Eli E & Bessie M) - as Daisy Bessie Margaret CAPORN. Registration District: Perth."
Last Edited9 Jul 2022

Ruby Wilhelmina Carol Harris

F, #28045, b. 1885, d. 1969
Father*Eli Harris1 b. Jul 1852, d. 10 Oct 1925
Mother*Bessie Clark1 b. 1866, d. 12 Feb 1921
Birth*1885 Shepparton, VIC, Australia, #B6022/1885 - as Wilhelmina Carol HARRIS.1 
Education*abt 1890 State School 2742, Officer, VIC, Australia.2 
(Witness) Inquest14 Dec 1896Ruby Wilhelmina Carol Harris witnessed the Inquest of Annie Ina Harris on 14 Dec 1896; 1896/1532. Annie Ina Harris died at Berwick on the 14th day of December 1896 from the effects of burns accidentally received at Officer on Sunday the 13th day of December 1896.
This deponent Ruby Harris on her oath saith, I am twelve years of age. I reside with my mother at Officer. I know deceased, she is my sister. Between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon the 13th December 1896 my mother was away from home. There were five of us children at home. The deceased was playing in the kitchen by herself. She ran out of the kitchen screaming. I went to see what was the matter and found all her clothes on fire. I got a bag and wrapped around her. I then removed the burnt clothing and placed her on the bed. I then went for my mother who was at a neighbour's house and informed her what had occurred, deceased was quite conscious and spoke to me.
When deceased screamed out first I and the rest of the family were in a house about 7 yards away, there was some fruit on the fire at the time for jam making, and she may have been helping herself to it and this is the only way I can account for her clothes catching fire.
Ruby Harris
Taken and sworn before me the 14th day of December 1896 at Berwick. James Wilson, JP

This deponent Elizabeth Harris on her oath saith, I am a married woman residing at Officer. Deceased was my daughter, she would be four years of age next March. About two or three o'clock yesterday afternoon 13th December 1896 I went to a neighbour's house about a quarter of a mile away. When I left home I left my six children at home, everything was quite safe when I went away. I was away about half an hour when my daughter Daisy came running over and told me Ina was burnt and I returned at once, when I arrived home I found deceased on the children's bed all her clothes had been removed, on examination I found deceased was very much burnt about the face and body. I wrapped her up and brought her in all haste to Dr Bennie at Berwick. He attended to her at once, and did all he could. I asked him what his opinion was and he pronounced the case as hopeless and on the Doctor's recommendation I removed the child to the house of Mrs Ladd. After every care deceased expired between half past twelve and one o'clock this morning. The distance from Officer where the accident happened to Berwick is about seven miles. When I left home there was a small fire in the kitchen and left a pan containing fruit on the fire, I cannot account how the accident occurred.
E. Harris
Taken and sworn before me the 14th day of December 1896 at Berwick. James Wilson, JP.3 
Marriage*1909 #M237/1909. Ruby W C HARRIS & Herbert WISHART.4
 
Death*1969 Perth, WA, Australia, #D2852/1969 (Age 84) (par Eli & Bessie) - as Ruby Wilhemina Caroline WISHART. Registration District: Perth.5 

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online).
  2. [S393] Eileen M. Williams, Officer Primary School, List of pupils, p33
    some registrations from 1890, includes Harris Bessie, Harris Ruby.
  3. [S24] PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 1896/1532. Annie Ina Harris. Inquest. Cause of death: Burns; Location of hearing: Berwick.
  4. [S62] Western Australian Government. BDM Index Western Australia.
  5. [S62] Western Australian Government. BDM Index Western Australia "#D2852/1969 (Age 84) (par Eli & Bessie) - as Ruby Wilhemina Caroline WISHART. Registration District: Perth."
Last Edited9 Jul 2022
 

NOTE

Some family sections show only the children who were associated with Upper Beaconsfield.

Some individuals may be featured because members of their family were associated with the Upper Beaconsfield area, even though they themselves never lived here.