RITCHIE, Alexander and BUTCHER, Anne Family
m. 25 Jan 1877
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RITCHIE, Alexander
Birth 25 Sep 1826 Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 
Death 25 Sep 1912 Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia Burial Sep 1912 Pakenham, Victoria, Australia Marriage 25 Jan 1877 [1] Geelong West, Colony of Victoria [1] Other Spouse STENNER, Kate | F341 Marriage 1865 Father RITCHIE, Alexander | F258 Group Sheet Mother CUTHEL, Mary | F258 Group Sheet
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BUTCHER, Anne
Birth 19 Jul 1836 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Death 15 Dec 1885 Pakenham, Colony of Victoria Burial 17 Dec 1885 Pakenham, Colony of Victoria Other Spouse STEPHENSON, Richard | F1329 Marriage 7 Aug 1858 Castlemaine, Colony of Victoria Father BUTCHER, Samuel | F172 Group Sheet Mother KNIGHT, Hannah | F172 Group Sheet
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RITCHIE, Henry Stephenson
Birth 28 Mar 1878 Berwick, Victoria, Australia Death 26 Sep 1969 Dandenong, Victoria, Australia Burial Aft 26 Sep 1969 Pakenham, Victoria, Australia Spouse KEMP, Margaret Isabel | F298 Marriage Abt 1898
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Notes Married:
- RITCHIE–STEPHENSON - At Geelong, on the 20th January, by Mr. J. A. Hamill, of the Church of Christ,, Alexander Ritchie, of Pakenham, to Annie, widow of the late Dr. Stephenson, surgeon, of Berwick.
Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Saturday 3 February 1877, page 25
After 7 years of courtship Annie Stephenson finally agreed to marry Alexander Ritchie who was farming at Pakenham. The marriage took place in February of 1877 at Geelong. The reason for this was that both Annie and Alexander were members of the Church of Christ and there was no resident minister in Berwick. The town was served by a travelling Evangelist, Mr. Hamill, who lived at Geelong and who invited them there for the wedding. So Alexander, Annie, Arthur Ernest Stephenson, Annie Gertrude Stephenson, (two of the children from Annie's previous marriage) Jane Fortune and two of her sons, Richard and John made up the wedding party that journeyed the 80 miles to Geelong on the other side of Melbourne
From the Memoirs of Arthur Ernest Stephenson (Youngest son of Annie & Dr, Richard Stephenson)
Residence:
- A two room shack made of slabs on end with plenty of room for ventilation, but the best thing about the building was the chimney. Evidently bricks were cheap because they used 1500 in this one chimney. It took up almost one end of the building.
(Arthur Ernest Stephenson) Probably had a shingle roof, the fire place would have been an open fire. Outside the door was a well about forty feet deep. At a much later date it was lined. Some time after this house was built a second house of 4 r
CONC ooms was built in front.The old house was relegated to being the Kitchen for the bigger house. The new house served several families over many years until the 1980's when it was demolished to make way for a modern house.
On land consisting of 60 acres 3 roods 16 perches or thereabouts
- RITCHIE–STEPHENSON - At Geelong, on the 20th January, by Mr. J. A. Hamill, of the Church of Christ,, Alexander Ritchie, of Pakenham, to Annie, widow of the late Dr. Stephenson, surgeon, of Berwick.
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Sources - [S55] Marriage Geelong West, Colony of Victoria (Willingston Street) 25 Jan 1877 Alexander RITCHIE & Anne.
- [S55] Marriage Geelong West, Colony of Victoria (Willingston Street) 25 Jan 1877 Alexander RITCHIE & Anne.