Ruby Myrtle Amelia Atkins
1907–2001 (Age 93)
New Zealand
The Life of Ruby Myrtle Amelia
When Ruby Myrtle Amelia Atkins was born on 19 September 1907, in New Zealand, her father, George Dobson Atkins, was 32 and her mother, Mona Elfleda Farewell York, was 28. She married Claude Alfred Barnett on 22 April 1930, in New Zealand. She died on 13 August 2001, in her hometown, at the age of 93, and was buried in Riwaka Cemetery, Riwaka, Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Ruby Myrtle Amelia Atkins
1907–2001
Claude Alfred Barnett
1904–1976
Marriage: 22 April 1930
Spouse & Children
1907–2001Female
- Claude Alfred Barnett
1904–1976Male
MARRIAGE
22 April 1930
New Zealand
22 April 1930
New Zealand
Parents & Siblings
1875–1956Male
1879–1955Female
siblings
(4)
1906–1965Female
1907–2001Female
- Dora Coralie Atkins
1913–1983Female
- Maurice George York Atkins
1915–1937Male
World Events (8)
1914
Age 7
Outbreak of World War I. New Zealand commits thousands of troops to the British war effort. They suffer heavy casualties in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915.
1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica
Age 16
The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations.
1939
Age 32
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Atkin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Ruby Myrtle Amelia Atkins Barnett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ruby Myrtle Amelia Atkins - Government record: birth-name: Ruby Myrtle Amelia Atkins
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