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Myrtle Ruby Howell 1899–1989 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 MAY 1899

Birth Location: Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Death Date: 27 Nov 1989

Death Location: Pasadena, South Australia, Australia

Father: John Robins

Mother: Ethel Howell

Spouse(s): William Creighton, William Callahan

Children(s): Thelma Creighton, Laurel Callahan, Robin Callahan, William Creighton

Myrtle Ruby Howell was born in 1899 in Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, the child of John Robins And Ethel May Howell. In 1939, Myrtle Ruby Howell resided in Cockburn, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia. In 1941, Myrtle Ruby Howell resided in Kooringa, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia. Myrtle Ruby Howell married William Alfred Creighton, William Patrick Callahan, and had children including Brian Patrick Callahan, Laurel Callahan, Robin Dean Callahan, Thelma Ethel Creighton, William Rolland Creighton. Myrtle Ruby Howell passed away in 1989 in Pasadena, South Australia, Australia.

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Biography

  • Myrtle Ruby Howell was born in 1899 in Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, the child of John Robins And Ethel May Howell.
  • In 1939, Myrtle Ruby Howell resided in Cockburn, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia.
  • In 1941, Myrtle Ruby Howell resided in Kooringa, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia.
  • Myrtle Ruby Howell married William Alfred Creighton, William Patrick Callahan, and had children including Brian Patrick Callahan, Laurel Callahan, Robin Dean Callahan, Thelma Ethel Creighton, William Rolland Creighton.
  • Myrtle Ruby Howell passed away in 1989 in Pasadena, South Australia, Australia.

Immediate Family

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Myrtle Howell's Ancestors

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Myrtle Howell
1899–1989
Birth Place: Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Parents
John Robins
1880–1973
Cradock, South Australia, Australia
Ethel (May) Howell
1880–1953
Mt Bryan, South Australia, Australia
Grandparents
John (Richard) Robins
1858–1945
Wakefield
Mary Robins
1853–1947
South Australia, Australia
John Howell
1843–1907
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Annie Howell
1847–1925
Llandilofawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Myrtle Howell's Descendants

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Myrtle (Ruby) Howell (29 MAY 1899–27 Nov 1989) m. William (Alfred) Creighton (1894–) m. William (Patrick) Callahan (14 Nov 1897–9 May 1958)
  1. 1. Thelma (Ethel) Creighton 1922–2011 m. Roderick (Francis) Campbell 1929–2012
    1. 1. Annette (Mary) Campbell 1950–2005
  2. 2. Laurel Callahan 1925–
  3. 3. Robin (Dean) Callahan 1938–1963
  4. 4. William (Rolland) Creighton 1916–1986

Myrtle Howell's Timeline

5 Records

1899
29 MAY 1899
Birth of Myrtle Ruby Howell in Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
1939
1939
Age 40
Myrtle Ruby Howell resided here in Cockburn, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
Cockburn, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
1941
1941
Age 42
Myrtle Ruby Howell resided here in Kooringa, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
Kooringa, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
1989
24 NOV 1989
Age 90
Death of Myrtle Ruby Howell in Mitcham, South Australia, Australia
Mitcham, South Australia, Australia
1989
27 Nov 1989
Age 90
Burial of Myrtle Ruby Howell in Pasadena, South Australia, Australia
Pasadena, South Australia, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 MAY 1899
    Event Place: Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: South Australia, Australia, Destitute Asylum Ledgers and Admissions to Industrial and Reformatory Schools, 1849-1913, State Records of South Australia; Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Register of Infants Born in the Destitute Asylum Later the Magill Home 1880-1909; Reference: GRG2915

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1939
    Event Place: Cockburn, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, Gould Genealogy; Chermside, QLD, Australia; Electoral Rolls

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1941
    Event Place: Kooringa, Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, Gould Genealogy; Chermside, QLD, Australia; Electoral Rolls

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Gilles Plains
    Record Source: Centennial Park; Pasadena, South Australia, Australia; Memorial Search - Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: South Australia, Australia, Destitute Asylum Ledgers and Admissions to Industrial and Reformatory Schools, 1849-1913, State Records of South Australia; Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Register of Infants Born in the Destitute Asylum Later the Magill Home 1880-1909; Reference: GRG2915

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 NOV 1989
    Event Place: Mitcham, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Centennial Park; Pasadena, South Australia, Australia; Memorial Search - Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1989
    Event Place: Pasadena, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Centennial Park; Pasadena, South Australia, Australia; Memorial Search - Cemetery Records
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current

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