Ethel (Hughes) Milburn (1873 - 1954)

Born 5 Jan 1873 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 27 Aug 1954 at age 81 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

From the Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic.) 6 January 1873:

BIRTH.

HUGHES. — On Sunday, 5th January, the wife of H. Hughes, Bank of New South Wales, Beechworth, of a daughter.^[1]

Ethel was registered to vote in 1908 in Toorak, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. At the same address were her sisters Ella and Mabel, and her mother Mary. Ethel's occupation was home duties.^[2]

Ethel married Richard Howse Milburn in 1923 in New Zealand.^[3]

From the New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 1

MARRIAGES

HUGHES.—At Parnell, Auckland, on April 2, by the Rev. R. Strong, Richard Howse, second son of Mrs. Phoebe Milburn, of Parnell, to Ethel, fourth daughter of the late Henry and Mary Hughes, of Melbourne, Australia.^[4]

Ethel Milburn died on 27 August 1954^[5] and was cremated on 28 August 1954 in Auckland.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Family Notices (1873, January 29). Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1955), p. 2. Retrieved July 17, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197049854
2. ↑ 1908 Electoral Register: "Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980"
   Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1207 #164443522 (accessed 17 July 2023)
   Name: Ethel Hughes; Gender: Female; Electoral Date: 1908; Electoral Place: Toorak, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia; Residence Address: 37 Cunningham rd . Toorak.
3. ↑ Marriage: "New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937"
   Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840-1950. Microfiche
   Ancestry au Record 8950 #60746 (accessed 17 July 2023)
   Ethel Hughes marriage to Richard Howse Milburn in 1923 in New Zealand.
4. ↑ New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19230502.2.2.3
5. ↑ Death: "New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966"
   New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966
   Ancestry au Record 8952 #1474121 (accessed 17 July 2023)
   Ethel Milburn death 1954 Jul-Aug-Sep.
6. ↑ Cremation: "New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007"
   New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 60547 #421679 (accessed 17 July 2023)
   Ethel Milburn cremation (died on 27 Aug 1954) on 28 Aug 1954 in Auckland.