Born in Calne, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Ruglen
— married
1858 (to 17 Oct 1882) in Victoria, Australia
Wife of
Charles Frederick Boehme
— married
1892 in Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
John Ruglen, James Ruglen, Ann (Ruglen) Inglis, Alfred Ruglen, Emma Jane (Ruglen) Tetaz, James Peter Ruglen, Elizabeth Martha Ruglen, Lilias May Ruglen, Henry Alexander Ruglen and Albert Edward Ruglen
Died
at about age 61
in Mitcham, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
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Biography
Emma Mortimer was born in Calne, Wiltshire in the third quarter of 1838. [1] She was the daughter of Jane and John Mortimer. [2] [3]
The 1851 census records her aged 13, living with her parents and five younger sisters in Calne, Wiltshire. [4]
Emma emigrated to Victoria with her family on the ship Sabrina in 1857, aged 18.
She married John Ruglen, a shipwright and immigrant from Scotland, in 1858 in Victoria. Emma was 19; John was 15 years her senior. [5]
Emma and John were the parents of ten children: John (1859), James (1860), Annie (1862), Alfred (1864), Emma Jane (1866), James Peter (1868), Elizabeth Martha (1870), Lilias May (1872), Henry Alexander(1874), and Albert Edward (1876). James died at the age of five; James Peter at 20 months and Henry at 10 months.
John died as a result of an accident in October 1882 when Emma would have been 43. Lilias died the following year aged 10.
Ten years later, Emma married Charles Boehme, from Rhodesia, in 1892. [6]
Emma passed away in 1899, aged 61. [7] [8]
She is buried in Box Hill cemetery with her son, Albert Edward Ruglen and his wife Sarah Jane Ruglen. [9]
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NH5-5P1 : 1 October 2014), Emma Mortimer, 1838; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Calne, Wiltshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73B-LG7 : 25 May 2019), Emma Mortimer in household of John Mortimer, Calne, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ MORTIMER. — On the 20th May, at his daughter’s residence, South Melbourne, John Mortimer, dearly beloved father of Emma Boehme and grandfather of M. and B. Ruglen, "Lansdown," White Horse-road, Mitcham ; Mrs. Inglis, Oakleigh ; Mrs.Tetaz, Eaglehawk : Mr. J. Ruglen, Mount Egerton ; A. Ruglen, South Melbourne, aged 79 years. For ever with the Lord. The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Wednesday 22 May 1895 - Page 1
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGB5-7ZN : 11 September 2019), Emma Mortimer in household of John Mortimer, Calne, Wiltshire, England; citing Calne, Wiltshire, England, p. 9, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ VIC BDM 225/1858
- ↑ VIC BDM 2434/1892
- ↑ BOEHME, nee RUGLEN.— On the 11th July, at her late residence, "Lansdowne," White Horse-road, Mitcham, Emma, dearly beloved wife of Charles Boehme, South Africa, daughter of the late John Mortimer, mother of Messrs. J. A. and A. E. and Miss M. Ruglen; also, Mesdames J. Inglis and Tetaz; suddenly, aged 61 years. Safe in the arms of Jesus. The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Thursday 13 July 1899 - Page 1
- ↑ BOEHME (Ruglen, Emma). —On the 11th July, at her late residence, Lansdowne, White Horse road, Mitcham, the beloved wife of C. F. Boehme, Rhodesia, and mother of A. E. and M. Ruglen, Mitcham, suddenly, age 61. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Thursday 13 July 1899 - Page 1
- ↑ Emma Boehme BIRTH unknown DEATH 11 Jul 1899 BURIAL Box Hill Cemetery Box Hill, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia Find A Grave: Memorial #197445907
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