Beatrice Margaret (Ritchie) Kerby (1892 - 1970)

Born 11 Jul 1892 in Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 3 Sep 1970 at age 78 in Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

Beatrice Margaret was born on 11 July 1892^[1]. She was the daughter of Archibald Ritchie and Ellen Hargreaves.

She married Leonard Victor Kerby on Thursday 2 November 1922^[2] at St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Wanganui^[3]. The report in the New Zealand Times noted that her groom was the "secretary of the Wanganui Hospital and Charitable Aid Board" and described the wedding as "quiet but pretty". They had one son.

1. Athol Ritchie Kerby (1930 - 1965^[4])

She and her husband visited Christchurch in March 1926 and stayed at the Hotel Federal^[5]. There was more on their visit the next day^[6] when her husband was stated to be the "managing-secretary of the Wanganui Hospital Board".

Both her husband in 1961^[7] and her son in 1965^[4] predeceased her.

She died on 3 September 1970^[8]. She was buried with her husband^[9] on 5 September at Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, Plot 1003; Aramoho, Public Lawn Extension IV, 15^[10].

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration. Accessed 18 May 2021

   1892/873 Ritchie Beatrice Margaret Helen Archibald Campbell 11/07/1892

2. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Marriage Registration. Accessed 23 May 2021

   1922/6803 Beatrice Margaret Ritchie Leonard Victor Kerby 02/11/1922

3. ↑ Papers Past Accessed 23 May 2021

   NOTES FOR WOMEN. New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11361, 7 November 1922, Page 9

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Death Registration. Accessed 23 May 2021

   1965/26566 Kerby Athol Ritchie 35Y 20/03/1965 20/03/1965

5. ↑ Papers Past Accessed 23 May 2021

   WOMENFOLK Star (Christchurch), Issue 17787, 5 March 1926, Page 9

6. ↑ Papers Past Accessed 23 May 2021

   WOMENFOLK Star (Christchurch), Issue 17788, 6 March 1926, Page 4

7. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Death Registration. Accessed 19 May 2021

   1961/24028 Kerby Leonard Victor 72Y 02/02/1961

8. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Death Registration. Accessed 19 May 2021

   1970/47774 Kerby Beatrice Margaret 76Y 03/09/1970

9. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLB2-KMV6 : 8 September 2019), Beatrice Kerby in entry for Leonard V Kerby, 2 Feb 1961; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland. Accessed 22 May 2021
10. ↑ Whanganui District Council Online Services Cemetery Search Accessed 19 May 2021

    Reference G495178 Name KERBY, Beatrice Margaret Age 76

    Warrant 401 Date of Death 03/09/1970 Date of Burial 05/09/1970

    Late Residence 18 Carlston Tce Occupation Widow

    Minister Rev Williams Director Fleming Dick & Hird

    Location Plot 1003; Aramoho, Public Lawn Extension IV, 15

• Biography written by her second cousin, Margaret Bailey Allison