Mary Elizabeth Ruck (1842–1864)
Mary Elizabeth Atkin (1864–1880)
Mary Elizabeth Steuart (1880–1920)
1842–1920
Daughter of Lawrence and Mary Anne Ruck and elder sister of Amy Richenda Darwin. Married Robert Travers Atkin, of county Cork, Ireland, in 1864. Emigrated to Australia, where her husband was a journalist; he died in Brisbane in 1872. Returned to Wales with her three surviving sons and married Thomas Ruddiman Steuart (1807/8–95), formerly a lieutenant-colonel in the Indian Army infantry, in 1880.
Sources
Aust. dict. biog. s.v. Atkin, Robert Travers
BMD (Birth index, Marriage index, Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/2495/183/18), 1871 (RG10/5603/54/17), 1891 (RG12/4670/78/19)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1861–1941 (Ancestry.com, accessed 28 November 2013)
Bibliography
Aust. dict. biog.: Australian dictionary of biography. Edited by Douglas Pike et al. 14 vols. [Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press. London and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1966–96.
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
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