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Margaret Lutge (abt 1881 to 1895) - The ninth child of Peter Benson and Mary Lutge

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Again, I can't locate a birth registration for Margaret.  The details of her birth come from her parents' death registrations.   Based on the d ate of her birth, Margaret would have been born in The Rocks, Sydney and moved with her parent and five siblings to Mosman in the mid 1880s. There are no other records of Margaret prior to her death on 17 January 1895, aged about 14, at her home on Military Road, Mosman.  On 19 January 1895, Margaret was buried with her parents at Gore Hill Cemetery.  

29 August 2017 - A trip to Gore Hill Cemetery

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I do enjoy when cousin Karen visits from Queensland as we always combine our Lutge family history research with a spot of lunch!  On her latest visit to Sydney, we had two outings... The first was to the NSW State Archives at Kingswood.  Always an interesting place to visit as there's a treasure trove of information waiting to be discovered!  We looked at the Probate Packet for our patriarch, Peter Benson Lutge, who died on 17 May 1890.  Probate was granted on 07 August 1890.  It contained the signature of his oldest son, John Henry Lutge, and Peter Benson's partner in the stevedoring business, Richard Moran.  First time we'd seen our great-grandfather's signature! Last Tuesday, we had a visit to Gore Hill Cemetery (at St Leonards on the Pacific Highway near the Royal North Shore Hospital).  How many times had we driven or walked passed it and never been inside!  We were on a mission to find the graves of Peter Benson and our matriarch...