Edith Julia (Holden) Whittaker (1879 - 1937)

Born 23 Jan 1879 in North Adelaide, Province of South Australia

Ancestors

Died 1937 at about age 57 in Frankston, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Edith (Holden) Whittaker has English ancestors.

Edith (Holden) Whittaker was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Birth

When Edith Julia Holden was born on January 23, 1879, in North Adelaide, South Australia, her parents were Stephen Holden and Emily Wilkey.^[1] She had two brothers, one of whom died before she was born.

Marriage and Children

Edith married Roland Whittaker (1870–1937) on the 9th of January 1913 in Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.^[2]

Residences

1879 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia,

1924 - 1937 -Frankston, Flinders, Victoria, Australia

Death and Burial

Edith Julia Whittaker passed away, the same year as her husband, in 1937 in Frankston, Victoria, Australia.^[3] She is buried in Frankston Cemetery, Frankston City, Victoria, Australia^[4][5]

Research Notes

• No details found of possible children
• This record may link to bith Edith and Richard's burial place as same cemetery as already identified - "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4D-9N57 : 31 May 2018), R E & J Whittaker, died 1937; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Frankston Cemetery, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

Sources

1. ↑ South Australia Births 1842-1928 (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 21 August 2021) transcript for Holden, Edith Julia (Birthdate: 23 January 1879, Father: Stephen Trusty Holden, Mother: Emily Wilkey, Birthplace: North Adelaide) Reference: District: Adelaide, Book/Page: 214/266.
2. ↑ South Australia Marriages 1842-1937 (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com ; accessed 21 August 2021) transcript for Holden, Edith Julia (Age: 33, Status: Single, Father: Stephen Trusty Holden) and Whittaker, Roland (Age: 42, Status: Widower, Father: Ralph Whittaker) on 9 January 1913 at Holy Trinity Church [Adelaide], Reference: District: Adelaide, Book/Page: 254/66.
3. ↑ Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Victoria. Online index - Death (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history : accessed 21 August 2021) database entry for Whittaker, Edith Julia (Father: not recorded, Mother: not recorded, Age: 57, Death Place: Frnkstn, Registration Number: 7881/1937).
4. ↑ , memorial page for Edith Julia Whittaker (unknown–1937), Find A Grave: Memorial #212740267, citing Frankston Cemetery, Frankston, Frankston City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by Little Black Duck (contributor 48380932) .
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DM8D-K2ZM : 6 March 2021), Edith Julia Whittaker, ; Burial, Frankston, Frankston City, Victoria, Australia, Frankston Cemetery; citing record ID 212740267, Find a Grave.