Mary Ann Rithcie (nee Lutge) (abt 1869 to 1911) - The third child of Peter Benson and Mary Lutge
The mystery of the missing birth registrations for eight of the ten children of Peter Benson and Mary Lutge continues! I spent an afternoon last week at the Mitchell Library going through microfilms of early Sydney baptism transcripts for St Mary's Cathedral, St Phillips Church of England and Scots Church. I left without locating one baptism registration under the name of Lutge! Again, I'm basing the information on Mary Ann, the third child of Peter Benson and Mary Lutge, on the information in her parents death registration. Mary Ann was born in about 1869 - two years after her brother, Paddy. In 1889, she married William George Edward Ritchie in Sydney. William was the son of James and Ann Ritchie who had settled in Mosman after they arrived in Australia. William was born in 1865 and his birth was registered at St Leonards. Mary Ann and William went on to have 6 children with, Mary R, the second dying as an infant:- William John (John) - 1890 to 1...