Biography

The child was registered at birth under the name Mary Ellen Ruth but only the name Ruth was used on her Death Registration. Mary Louisa Hartwig and James Bernard Devlin were married on 9 June 1981 at the Residence of Robert Leeds Coward Barton, near Truro (Marriage Registration 167/1055, Angaston). She was 21 and he was 29 years of age. The marriage produced nine children, of which Ruth was the eldest. The others were: James Edward born 4 May 1893 (Birth Registration 521/27, Kapunda); Bernard born 14 March 1895 (Birth Registration 560/43, Frome); John Lyndhurst born 13 May 1897 (Birth Registration 606/82, Frome); Rose born 8 September 1899 (Birth Registration 646/184, From); Walter Clement born 24 October 1901 (Birth Registration 685/119, Kapunda); Nelson born 3 January 1904 (Birth Registration 723/224, Kapunda); Violet born 18 July 1905 (Birth Registration 751/373 Kapunda); Victor born 25 June 1912 (Birth Registration 890/206 Norwood). James Devlin died 22 October 1938 at Nuriootpa, Barossa, South Australia. His wife was also living at Nuriootpa when she died on 6 August 1961.