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Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE (1878 - 1949)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE (1878 - 1949) + Herbert James DURWARD ( - 1949)	George BEATTIE (1849 - 1916)
		Margaret SCOTT (1853 - 1918)	John SCOTT (1823 - 1899)	Alexander SCOTT (1781 - 1847)
				Margaret CATHCART (1801 - 1884)
			Jessie HANNAH (1825 - 1899)

b. 1878 at Shepparton, Victoria

m. 1914 Herbert James DURWARD ( - 1949) at New Zealand

d. 1949 at Wellington, New Zealand aged 71

Near Relatives of Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE (1878 - 1949)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John SCOTT	1823	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1899	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	76
Grandmother	Jessie HANNAH	1825	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1899	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	74
Father	George BEATTIE	1849	Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	1916	Christchurch, New Zealand	67
Mother	Margaret SCOTT	1853	Ayrshire, Scotland	1918	Christchurch, New Zealand	65
Self	Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE	1878	Shepparton, Victoria	1949	Wellington, New Zealand	71
Husband	Herbert James DURWARD			1949	Wellington, New Zealand
Sister	Jessie Scott BEATTIE	1876	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1880	Victoria, Australia	4
Sister	Mary Scott BEATTIE	1881	Yarra, Victoria, Australia	1934	Wellington, New Zealand	53
Brother	John George BEATTIE	1884	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Brother	James Alexander BEATTIE	1888	Yarra, Victoria, Australia	1947	Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand	59
Brother	Frederick William BEATTIE	1890	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1963	Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand	73
Brother	David Hannah BEATTIE	1892	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1974	Christchurch, New Zealand	82
Uncle	Alexander SCOTT	abt 1855	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland	1890	Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia	35
Aunt	Mary Ann KELLY	abt 1867		1930	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	63
Uncle	David SCOTT	1856	Scotland	1930	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	74
Aunt	Letitia Elizabeth STUART	1857	Victoria, Australia	1952	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	95
Aunt	Jessie SCOTT	1858	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland
Uncle	James SCOTT	1860	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland
Aunt	Robina SCOTT	1861	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland	1905	Combe Fields Farm, Binley, England	44
Uncle	George ORAM	abt 1856	Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England	1952	New Minster, Vancouver, BC, Canada	96
Aunt	Jane (Jeanie) SCOTT	1864	Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland
Aunt	Mary SCOTT	1867	Withorn, Wigton, Scotland
Cousin	Jessie SCOTT	1886	Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Milparinka, New South Wales, Austalia	0
Cousin	John Aloysius SCOTT	1887	Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Sutherland, NSW, Australia	68
Cousin	Mary Agnes SCOTT	1888	Milparinka, New South Wales, Austalia	1920	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	32
Cousin	Jessie SCOTT	1890	Milparinka, New South Wales, Austalia	1948	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	58
Cousin	David Clifton Fortnum SCOTT	1888	Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Cousin	Leonard C SCOTT	1889	Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Jesse Hannah SCOTT	abt 1890	Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	John (Jack) Charles SCOTT	1894	Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia	1989	Cochrane, Calgary, Alberta, Canada	95
Cousin	Marguerita (Rita) SCOTT	1894	Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia	1982	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada	88
Cousin	Robina Mary ORAM	1887	Bickenhill, Meriden, Warwickshire	1893	Meriden, Warwickshire, England	6
Cousin	John George Scott ORAM	1888	Bickenhill, Meriden, Warwickshire	1964	Dawson Creek, BC, Canada	76
Cousin	David Scott ORAM	1890	Bickenhill, Meriden, Warwickshire	abt 1953	Islay, Alberta, Canada	63
Cousin	Jeanie Scott ORAM	1892	Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England	1945	Sunderland, Cumberland, England	53
Cousin	James Alexander ORAM	1895	Teignwick, Buckinghamshire	1971	Kelowna, BC, Canada	76
Cousin	Robert Scott ORAM	1896	Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England	1929	Vancouver, BC, Canada	33
Cousin	Jessie Robina ORAM	1898	Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England	1977	Vancouver, BC, Canada	79
Cousin	Cecil Arden ORAM	1902	Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England	1965	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	63
Niece	Joan Annette BEATTIE	1924	Hawke's Bay, New Zealand	2010	Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	86
Brother in Law	James HENDRY
Sister in Law	Jane Davidson SARGENT			1926	Wellington, New Zealand
Sister in Law	Annete Sophia HOGG	1891	Waipawa, New Zealand	1927	Hawke's Bay, New Zealand	36
Sister in Law	Florence PILLING			1983	Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand
Sister in Law	Bertha Ellen PEARCE	1897	Preston, Lancashire, England	1990	Whakatane, New Zealand	93

Events in Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE (1878 - 1949)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1878		Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE was born	Shepparton, Victoria	Note 1	52
1914	36	Married Herbert James DURWARD	New Zealand	Note 2
1916	38	Death of father George BEATTIE (aged 67)	Christchurch, New Zealand	Note 3	90
1918	40	Death of mother Margaret SCOTT (aged 65)	Christchurch, New Zealand	Note 4	90
1949	71	Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE died	Wellington, New Zealand	Note 5
1949	71	Death of husband Herbert James DURWARD	Wellington, New Zealand	Note 6	90

Note 1: Margaret Johnstone Beattie in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Margaret Johnstone Beattie Birth Date: Abt 1878 Birth Place: Sh Ep, Victoria Registration Year: 1878 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: George Beattie Mother: Margaret Scott Registration Number: 5337

Note 2: New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 Name Margie Johnstone Beattie Gender Female Marriage Year 1914 Marriage Place New Zealand Relation Bride (Wife) Folio Number 6855

Note 3: Ancestry trees Find A Grave George Beattie Birth unknown Death 4 May 1916 Burial Linwood Cemetery Linwood, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand Plot Block 34. Plot 100 (Maggie buried in the same plot)

Note 4: Find A Grave Buried in the same plot as husband George Maggie Beattie Birth unknown Death 16 Dec 1918 Burial Linwood Cemetery Linwood, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand Plot Block 34. Plot 100

Note 5: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 Name Rita Durward Death Date 29 Jan 1949 Cemetery Karori Burial Place Karori, Wellington, Wellington

Note 6: Find A Grave Herbert James Durward Birth 1875 Death 1 Feb 1949 (aged 73–74) Burial Karori Cemetery and Crematorium Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Plot Church of England 2, Plot 26 H Age: 74, Occupation: Engineer, Death date listed may be the interment date New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1964 Name Herbert James Durward Death Date 1949 Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Place Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Folio Number 648

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Margaret Johnstone Beattie in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Margaret Johnstone Beattie Birth Date: Abt 1878 Birth Place: Sh Ep, Victoria Registration Year: 1878 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: George Beattie Mother: Margaret Scott Registration Number: 5337

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