| Name |
RITCHIE, Alexander |
| Nickname |
Sandy |
| Birth |
25 Sep 1826 |
Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  [1] |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
2 May 1851 |
Melbourne, Colony of Victoria |
- "James Thomas Foord" leaving Plymouth on December 29, 1850
Jean along with his brother Adam and Adam's wife Catherine and brother Alexander were Assisted Passengers on the ship "James T Foord" which arrived in Melbourne on 2 May 1851.
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| Occupation |
25 Jan 1877 |
Pakenham, Colony of Victoria [1] |
| Farmer |
| Residence |
25 Jan 1877 |
Pakenham, Colony of Victoria [1] |
| Occupation |
15 Dec 1885 [2] |
| Farmer |
| Reference Number |
0342/0138 |
| Residence |
Aft 1885 |
Nar Nar Goon, Colony of Victoria |
- The house was built on Seven Mile Road, on a rise to the south of the Nar Nar Goon State School. As of 2013 the house is still standing.
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| _UID |
2D711343C7E7408E8642159349387914EECC |
| Burial |
Sep 1912 |
Pakenham, Victoria, Australia |
Address:
Pakenham Cemetery, Cnr Cemetery Rd and Thewlis Rd |
| Death |
25 Sep 1912 |
Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia |
- RITCHIE.– On the 25th September, at Nar Nar Goon, Alexander Ritchie, beloved father of H. S. Ritchie, aged 50 years. A colonist of 82 years. Sweet rest at last.
Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thursday 26 September 1912, page 1
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| Person ID |
I409 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
26 Dec 2025 |
Family 2  |
BUTCHER, Anne, b. 19 Jul 1836, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England d. 15 Dec 1885, Pakenham, Colony of Victoria (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Jan 1877 |
Geelong West, Colony of Victoria [1] |
Address:
Willingston Street |
- 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)
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| Residence |
26 Jan 1877 |
Pakenham, Colony of Victoria |
- 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
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| Children |
| | 1. RITCHIE, Henry Stephenson, b. 28 Mar 1878, Berwick, Victoria, Australia d. 26 Sep 1969, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia (Age 91 years) |
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| Family ID |
F136 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 Oct 2026 |
1826 - 1912 (86 years) Has 6 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.