Catherine Beggs (1854 - 1939)

Born 27 Jul 1854 in Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 20 Oct 1939 at age 85 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Catherine, child of Hugh Beggs & Elizabeth Smith, was born on 27 July 1854 in Hopkins Creek, Victoria.^[1]

From the Empire (Sydney) on 30 August 1854:

July 27, at Bushby Creek, Geelong, the wife of Hugh Lyons Montgomery Beggs, Esq., of a daughter.^[2]

From the Argus 23 October 1939:

BEGGS.—On the 20th October, at Carboona, Riversdale road, Hawthorn, Katherine (Kitty), eldest daughter of the late Hugh Lyons Montgomery Beggs, Bushy Creek, Glenthompson, aged 85 years. (Privately interred, Box Hill Cemetery.)

BEGGS.—On the 20th October (suddenly), at Carboona, Hawthorn, Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Hugh Lyons Montgomerie and Elizabeth Beggs of Bushy Creek Estate, Glenthompson, loved aunt of Eileen (Mrs. Gordon Langridge).^[3]

Katherine was mentioned on a memorial in Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia with a death date of 20 October 1939.^[4]

The estate of Katherine Beggs, spinster, who died on 20 October 1939 in Hawthorn, passed probate on 6 December 1939.^[5] Elizabeth Victoria Geraldine Wood (usually known as Queenie E Wood) of Carboona 21 Riversdale road Hawthorn, married woman, was the sole executrix of the will dated 15 June 1912.^[6]

Research notes

Queenie Wood is a Beggs relative, daughter of Rose Beggs - died 1965.^[7]

Cousin daughter of George:

Catherine Beggs died on 12 July 1938 in Elsternwick, Victoria, age 81.^[8]

From the Argus 14 July 1938:

BEGGS.—On the 12th July, at her residence, Eblana, No. 7 Gladstone parade, Elsternwick Catherine, second daughter of the late George and Charlotte Elizabeth Beggs, of Eurambeen East, aged 81 years.

BEGGS - The Friends of the late Miss CATHERINE BEGGS are informed that her funeral will arrive at Eurambeen East Cemetery THIS DAY (Thursday, July 14) at 2 pm.

APPS AND SONS PTY LTD, Undertakers, St Kilda. Phone Win. 70.^[9]

The estate of Catherine Beggs, spinster, who died on 12 July 1938 in Elsternwick, passed probate on 8 August 1938.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 04 Jan 2023). Index entry for Catherine BEGGS, Year: 1854; Parents: Hugh and Elizabeth SMITH; Place: HOPK Reg. Number: 4825/1854
2. ↑ Family Notices (1854, August 30). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), p. 4. Retrieved January 4, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60196178
3. ↑ Family Notices (1939, October 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11265777
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #123862518 (accessed 5 January 2023)
   Memorial page for Katherine Beggs (1854-20 Oct 1939), citing Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia (plot: P-063-0043); Maintained by III (contributor 47426837).
5. ↑ Probate: "Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009"
   Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591
   Ancestry au Record 61315 #554311 (accessed 5 January 2023)
   Katherine Beggs probate on 6 Dec 1939. Died 20 Oct 1939 in Hawthorn. Occupation: Spinster.
6. ↑ Advertising (1939, November 2). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11294383
7. ↑ Death Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 05 Jan 2023). Index entry for Elizabeth Victoria Geraldine WOOD, Year: 1965; Parents: WOOD William and Rose Annie BEGGS; Spouse: -; Death Place: Hawthorn; Birth Place: Hawthorn; Age: 86; Reg. Number: 21281/1965; Reg. Number: 21281/1965
8. ↑ Death Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 04 Jan 2023). Index entry for Catherine BEGGS, Year: 1938; Parents: BEGGS George and Charlott Elizabeth WHITE; Spouse: -; Death Place: ELSTERNWICK; Birth Place: EURAMBEEN VICTORIA; Age: 81; Reg. Number: 6192/1938; Reg. Number: 6192/1938
9. ↑ Family Notices (1938, July 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 8. Retrieved January 4, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12439521
10. ↑ Probate: "Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009"
    Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591
    Ancestry au Record 61315 #768606 (accessed 5 January 2023)
    Catherine Beggs probate on 8 Aug 1938. Died 12 Jul 1938 in Elsternwick. Occupation: Spinster.