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BUTCHER, Anne

BUTCHER, Anne

Female 1836 - 1885  (49 years)   Has 15 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name BUTCHER, Anne
    Nickname Annie
    Birth 19 Jul 1836  Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Address:
    Standish Park 
    • Annie was born and lived here until shortly after her fathers death in 1839
      Standish Park Farm as of 2021 shown as Orchard Farm on Google maps.

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    Gender Female
    Residence 19 Jul 1836  Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    "Standish Park Farm" 
    Religion Aft 19 Jul 1836  Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Weslyan 
    Census 6 Jun 1841  Standish, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 30 Mar 1851  Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 30 Mar 1851  Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Pupil 
    Emigration 8 Dec 1857  Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Boarding the "Horizon" the sisters endured a voyage of Thirteen weeks and one day.
    Occupation 10 Dec 1857  Newstead, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Governess 
    • Governess to the children of the Turner family.
    Residence 13 Jun 1859  Bighill, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 11 Oct 1861  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 22 Jul 1863  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 28 Jul 1863  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1867  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The people of Berwick rallied to help her and bought a quarter acre of good land, fenced it and built a comfortable two room cottage with a double brick chimney and made a free gift of it to her. This was situated in Irby Street (now Rutland Roa d), behind the Mechanics Institute and Free Library
    Residence Mar 1867  Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 3 Aug 1867  Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Occupation Aft 1867  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Teacher of crochet work, at which she was expert. 
    • The Wesleyan church (of which she was a member) gave her the church building to look after and keep in order which included cleaning, attending to the kerosene lamp and lighting up for services, She also attended to the Shire hall. This was a fa irly good proposition for besides the salary there were quite a number of special committee meetings which made more work for the cleaner. On these occasions the hat would go around and 10/- to 12/- would be sent around to Annie. The Mechanics I nstitute, one of Richard's interests, was situated on the block next to Annie's cottage and she also had charge of this. The building had to be lit up for several hours and then there was the Members' Monthly subscriptions to be collected.
    Religion Aft 1867  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Church of Christ 
    • Annie left the Wesleyan church to join up with the Churches of Christ. Leaving the Wesleyan's meant she gave up one item of her income. The new religion was not popular in a time of much sectarian bitterness and not only did Annie lose her job a t the Wesleyan church, she also lost some friends and endured sarcasm from other people.
    Occupation 25 Jan 1877  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Domestic 
    Residence 25 Jan 1877  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 15 Dec 1885  [10] 
    Domestic 
    Reference Number S0001/0138 
    _COLOR 11 
    _COLOR1 26 
    _UID 7DC6BD20BD414C159A2B24FE77278DC253B4 
    Death 15 Dec 1885  Pakenham, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Cause: Epidemic Influenza 
    Burial 17 Dec 1885  Pakenham, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Pakenham Cemetery 
    Person ID I408  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2026

    Father BUTCHER, Samuel,   c. 7 Mar 1781, Standish, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1839, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years)
    Mother KNIGHT, Hannah,   b. 9 Mar 1807, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1845 (Age 37 years)
    Marriage Abt 1832 
    Family ID F172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 STEPHENSON, Richard,   b. 17 Feb 1832, Pickering, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1867, Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    Marriage 7 Aug 1858  Castlemaine, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11] 
    Address:
    Scotch Church 
    • The service was conducted by Reverend J. Low, witnesses were William Skinner and Mary Ritchie.
    Residence Aft 7 Aug 1858  Sandhurst, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Abt 1860  Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Aft 2 Feb 1866  Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Bought a medical practice in Donnybrook. On the 2nd of February 1866 Richard placed an advertisement in The Argus newspaper (see news clipping). The families move to Donnybrook was the result.
    Children 
     1. STEPHENSON, Annie Gertrude   d. 27 Dec 1907, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. STEPHENSON, William Richard,   b. 9 Jun 1859, Bighill, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1938, Berrigan, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. STEPHENSON, Samuel Butcher,   b. 2 Oct 1861, Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1946, Koo-Wee-Rup North, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     4. STEPHENSON, Frederick,   b. 15 Jul 1863, Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1863, Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. STEPHENSON, Arthur Ernest,   b. 9 Sep 1864, Berwick, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1954, Daglish, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F1329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2026

    Family 2 RITCHIE, Alexander,   b. 25 Sep 1826, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1912, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Marriage 25 Jan 1877  Geelong West, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [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)
    Residence 26 Jan 1877  Pakenham, Colony of Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Children 
     1. RITCHIE, Henry Stephenson,   b. 28 Mar 1878, Berwick, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1969, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Abt 1860 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 11 Oct 1861 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 22 Jul 1863 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 28 Jul 1863 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1867 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Teacher of crochet work, at which she was expert. - Aft 1867 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - Church of Christ - Aft 1867 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Domestic - 25 Jan 1877 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 25 Jan 1877 - Berwick, Colony of Victoria Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S55] Marriage Geelong West, Colony of Victoria (Willingston Street) 25 Jan 1877 Alexander RITCHIE & Anne.

    2. [S53] Census 1841 Standish (Part 1) HO107/370/16.

    3. [S54] Census 1851 Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England HO107/1964.

    4. [S43] Birth Bighill, Colony of Victoria 9 Jun 1859 William Richard STEPHENSON.

    5. [S46] Birth Berwick, Colony of Victoria 2 Oct 4861 Samuel Butcher STEPHENSON.

    6. [S45] Death Berwick, Colony of Victoria 22 Jul 1863 Frederick STEPHENSON.

    7. [S44] Birth Berwick, Colony of Victoria 15 Jul 1863 Frederick STEPHENSON.

    8. [S47] Birth Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria 26 Jul 1867 Annie Gertrude STEPHENSON.

    9. [S42] Birth Donnybrook, Colony of Victoria 26 Jul 1867 Annie Gertrude STEPHENSON.

    10. [S62] Death Pakenham, Colony of Victoria 15 Dec 1885 Anne RITCHIE.

    11. [S12] Marriage in the Colny of Victoria, 3134/1858, Sau 0009.
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