Amy Edith Beggs (?–1940)
Mrs. Amy Beggs, who died at her home, Buln Gherin, Beaufort, on Thursday, was a founder of the Country Women's Association of Victoria. From 1932 to 1935 she was State president, and was also first president of the Beaufort branch. She was an earnest worker for patriotic and philanthropic organisations.
Mrs. Beggs, whose husband died about a year ago, was a daughter of Colonel P. E. Ricardo, a former Victorian State commandant of Military Forces.
Original publication
Additional Resources
- funeral, Argus (Melbourne), 23 December 1940, p 2
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Beggs, Robert Gottlieb (husband)
- Beggs, Arthur Ricardo (son)
- Beggs, Robert Balcombe (stepson)
- Ricardo, Percy Ralph (father)
- Beggs, Maria Lucinda (mother-in-law)
- Beggs, Francis (father-in-law)
- Beggs, Helen Rosalie (sister-in-law)
- Beggs, Francis (brother-in-law)
- Beggs, Theodore (brother-in-law)
- Beggs, Hugh Norman (brother-in-law)
- Grattan, Sophia Montgomery (aunt by marriage)
- Beggs, Elizabeth (aunt by marriage)
- White, Maria Mysie (aunt by marriage)
- Beggs, Hugh Lyons (uncle by marriage)
- Beggs, George (uncle by marriage)
- Grattan, Humphrey (uncle by marriage)
- White, John Warren (uncle by marriage)
- Lyall, William (grandfather)
- Beggs, Helen Karen (niece by marriage)
- Beggs, Sandford Robert (nephew by marriage)
Citation details
'Beggs, Amy Edith (?–1940)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/beggs-amy-edith-14590/text25709, accessed 12 October 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Ricardo, Amy Edith
Death
19 December,
1940
Beaufort,
Victoria,
Australia
Cultural Heritage
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