{"id":1798,"date":"2022-08-16T10:55:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=1798"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:48:24","slug":"marion-ramsay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/brown\/marion-brown\/marion-ramsay\/","title":{"rendered":"Marion Ramsay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marion was born in approximately 1855&nbsp; at&nbsp;Emerald Hill, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. There is little information about her childhood or upbringing, but in 1882 she married John Smith Hackett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the 1903 electoral roll, you can see that her husband, John, is a Post Master at Murtoa, inland Victoria, near Horsham. From that union, stemmed 5 children as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Child<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Married<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Children<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Died<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Comments<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Constance Margaret<\/td><td>1884<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><td>1933<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Harold Ramsay<\/td><td>1887<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><td>1889<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marion Lyall Ramsay<\/td><td>1889<\/td><td>1916<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>1969<\/td><td>McPherson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Reginald Ramsay<\/td><td>1891<\/td><td>1920<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1944<\/td><td>Anders<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jean Isabel Ramsay<\/td><td>1894<\/td><td>1916<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>1955<\/td><td>Baxter<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marion passed away on the&nbsp;21 Aug 1913&nbsp; at&nbsp;Horsham, Victoria, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-18-1024x641.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-18-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-18-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-18-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-18.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sadly the gravestone is smashed up, but you can see Marion&#8217;s name here alongside her husband&#8217;s name.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-19-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-19-edited.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-19-edited-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-19-edited-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-19-edited-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-08-150858.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3939\" style=\"width:483px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-08-150858.png 381w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-08-150858-131x300.png 131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From Trove<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marion was born in approximately 1855&nbsp; at&nbsp;Emerald Hill, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. There is little information about her childhood or upbringing, but in 1882 she married John Smith Hackett From the 1903 electoral roll, you can see that her husband, John, is a Post Master at Murtoa, inland Victoria, near Horsham. 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