Mary Ann (Fletcher) Birkin (1853 - 1937)

Born 26 Mar 1853 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Wife of William Birkin — married 1 May 1871 in St Johns Anglican Church Creswick Victoria

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1937 at age 84 in Fairview, Coonong Siding, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

William Birkin married Mary Ann Fletcher in St Johns Anglican Church, Creswick, Victoria on 1 May 1871.^[1] They had the following children:

1. Catherine Birkin, born 28 January 1872 in Weerona, Sandy Creek Victoria^[2][3]
2. Alice Birkin, born 18 August 1873 in Weerona, Sandy Creek Victoria
3. Margaret Birkin, born 1875 at Deniliquin, New South Wales^[4]
4. Mary Ada Birkin, born 29 March 1877 in Deniliquin
5. William Birkin, born 1879 at Deniliquin^[5]
6. Emily Birkin, born 1882 in Urana, New South Wales^[6]
7. Ethel May Birkin, born 1887 in Urana^[7]
8. Lillian Mabel Birkin, born 1889 in Narrandera, New South Wales^[8]
9. Leslie Francis Birkin, born 1891 in Narrandera^[9]
10. Rosamond Maud Birkin, born 1893 in Narrandera^[10]
11. Bessie Grace Birkin, born 1895 in Narrandera^[11]
12. Sydney Osmond Birkin, born 1897 in Narrandera^[12]

William and Mary moved to Fairview, Coonong Siding NSW 1875

Sources

1. ↑ Victorian Marriage Registration No. 1231 / 1871 for William Birkin & Mary Ann Fletcher
2. ↑ Government of Victoria. Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages (accessed 29 Jan 2023). Birth Index. Index entry for Catharine BIRKIN. Mother's name: Mary Ann; Mother's family name at birth: FLETCHER; Father's name: William; Place of birth: NEWS; Reg. year: 1872; Reg. number: 10994/1872
3. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT6C-1B3 : 28 January 2020), Catherine Birkin, 1872.
4. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 10379/1875 for Margaret Birkin, Deniliquin district, Father: William, Mother: Mary
5. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 12558/1879 for William Birkin, Deniliquin district, Father: William, Mother: Mary A
6. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 23237/1882 for Emily Birkin, Urana district, Father: William, Mother: Mary
7. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 29040/1887 for Ethel M Birkin, Urana district, Father: William, Mother: Mary
8. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 28382/1889 for Lillian M Birkin, Narrandera district, Father: William, Mother: Mary
9. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 23882/1891 for Leslie F Birkin, Narrandera district, Father: William, Mother: Mary
10. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 24942/1893 for Rosamond M Birkin, Narrandera district, Father: William, Mother: Mary
11. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 24874/1895 for Bessie G Birkin, Narrandera district, Father: William, Mother: Mary
12. ↑ NSW Birth Registration No. 24092/1897 for Sydney O Birkin, Narrandera district, Father: William, Mother: Mary