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Ernest James RUFFIN c 1980

Richard Paul RUFFIN 1861-1948

George William DOWD as a boy 1873 - 1973

George William DOWD 1897 - 1973 and Emily Mary Margaret CLARE 1900 - 1984

Mary Ann ANDERSON 1873 - 1922 who married Charles Patrick Joseph DOWD 1874 - 1943

Charles Patrick Joseph DOWD working on St Pauls Cathedral Melbourne in 1929 (in the photo on left he is the one in the back row with a cross above his head in the photo below he is on the right) The person on the right of the front row in the photo on the left may be Bernard Thomas DOWD

Edith Blanche RUFFIN c 1889

Arthur Albert Theodore RUFFIN 1883-1955

Arthur Albert Theodore RUFFIN and Emma EVERETT and a border

see -Bernard Thomas DOWD - The Marion at Barham 1934

Bernard Thomas DOWD & Adeline Mary JENNINGS c 1952

Bernard Thomas DOWD and Adeline Mary JENNINGS

on their wedding day 28th March 1911

Bernard Thomas DOWD,

Adeline May JENNINGS

and unknown man (Charles?)

Beryl DOWD and Ernest James RUFFIN c 1942

Alda Georgina GUBBY c 1912

ANDERSON Gravestone Mearns Scotland

Beryl DOWD and her father Bernard DOWD c1942

Beryl DOWD and her sister c 1930

Birthday card from Adeline JENNINGS to

John (Jack) E RUFFIN

Charles Patrick Joseph DOWD, Mary Ann ANDERSON and their children

Caroline Elizabeth MELOURY nee RUFFIN born in Geelong 1878,

daughter of Charles Frederick RUFFIN

George William DOWD and at his wedding to Emily Mary Margaret CLARE in 1927

Cathcart Parish Church near Glasgow, Scotland

Charles Frederick RUFFHEAD born 1839

son of William Joseph RUFFHEAD/RUFFIN

Christiania Elizabeth SEADON 1842/5-1920

who married Charles Frederick RUFFIN

in Geelong in 1866 and died in 1920 Christina Emma RUFFIN

as a baby c1910

Peter DOWD 1931 -2003

David Alexander RUFFIN 1876-1942

Edward and Ernest RUFFIN and their

wives who were sisters 1942

Edward George RUFFIN 1870-1960

Ernest James RUFFIN 1942 March 10 married

Beryl May DOWD in Melbourne

Ernest James RUFFIN on right (and below)

served as a “Rat of Tobruk”, at El Alamein

and on the Kokoda trail in New Guinea

Ernest James RUFFIN Beryl May DOWD and their children c1950

Rat of TOBRUK badge

Ernest James RUFFIN, son John (Jack) Ernest RUFFIN

and one of his brothers c 1952

Ernest Walter RUFFIN and family c 1930

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First Fleet Ships 1788 - Charlotte, Prince of Wales,

and the Friendship. The ships Mary Phillips sailed in during the First Fleet to Botany Bay

Two photos of Georgina May DOWD 1913 - 2002

James Bower CRAWFORD 1817-1915

Georgina RUFFIN c 1912

John (Jack) Joseph RUFFIN 1913-1975 and wife

John (Jack) RUFFIN b. 1920 from

New Zealand in aviation gear.

not to be confused with ------------John / Jack RUFFIN with Granddaughter

John (Jack) RUFFIN on right and his siblings c1999

Lynne BLACK and Jack RUFFIN in a coffee shop in High Street, Canongate, 2011

Lynne BLACK and John (Jack) RUFFIN

on day of their marriage

Margaret ANDERSON'S headstone Mearns Scotland.

Margaret Louise RUFFIN 1940-1983

Marion MANN in old age about 1911

Mary PHILLIPS Headstone 1768 -1850

Mathew MELOURY 1875-1975, at 100!

Sons of Richard & Mary Agnes RUFFIN

married 1885

Two photos of Leslie Herbert WITHERS 1907 - 1980

Reppersfield Row in Breage 2011

Ron RUFFIN 1916

Ronald Douglas RUFFIN at 95.5 years of age

with Jack RUFFIN in Geelong

Ruby Annie GUBBY c1912

Ruby May JENNINGS - 23yo RUFFINS LANE GEELONG

Rupert Victor GUBBY c1912 SALTMARSH FAMILY TREE

SHRIMPTONS - Back row George SHRIMPTON & son George, Fred SHRIMPTON, Sam HIGGINSON,

Thomas Bernard DOWD c1940s Thomas James RUFFIN 1875- 1947

Vera RUFFIN 1980s Vera RUFFIN’s Wedding 1930

William James GUBBY, son of William Henry GUBBY

WYLIE -Jane CRAIG 1819-1903

mother of Mary WYLIE, Edward RUFFIN'S wife

Dorothy Patricia CLEARY 1925 - 2005

Breage Church, Cornwall interior and exterior

see - John Mann 1771- 1838 The Old Market,

Candleriggs & Bell St.s, Glasgow Millbrook Church, Bedfordshire

Richard Winchester RUFFIN 1799-1863

died here No. 7 Ellismere Rd. Bethnal Green

Sithney, Church Cornwall William Joseph RUFFHEAD/RUFFIN was a porter

St Hilary's Church, Cornwall Arthur Albert Theodore RUFFIN 1883-1955

ANDERSON Gravestone Mearns Scotland

Albert RUFFIN 1872-1957,

Mary Jane BRYANT married 1894

and Alice Louise 1894-1984

George DOWD & family see the notes on the photo

Herbert William RUFFIN 1907 -

George Hall RUFFIN 1836 -1916,

Honoria MORONEY 1834 - 1914 and Herbert RUFFIN 1880- 1916

Charles Patrick DOWD and Dorothy Patricia CLEARY 1943

Gertrude Ellen DOWD 1904 - 1991; Olive Eileen DOWD 1910 - 1980 ; Veronica EUGENIE DOWD 1908 - 1980

Charles Patrick Joseph DOWD and family at the end of World War 1

Margaret Rita Mc KINNEY 1904 - 1963 and Hector Edward DOWD 1901 1963 who married in 1933

David Alexander RUFFIN 1876-1942 is in the front row, second from the right end.

GEELONG MUNICIPAL BAND - Winners "A" Grade Selection 1912 (South Street, Ballarat)

Front Row W.Twentyman , J.A.Jones, O.S.Whight, J.Mulder,

P.Jones (Conductor), W.Keating, J.Kearney, D.Ruffin,

A.Wright

Second Row R.Lowday, G.Fenlan, J.Daniels, A.Curtis,

R.W.Gurr (Drum Major), E.Heron, E.Shephard, E.Dwyer,

T.Ames

Third Row E.Deakes, J.Sincock, J.Gogoll, C.Baker,

W.M.Kelly (Secretary), J.Hickey, L.Martin, P.Purcell

Back Row (Civilians) V.Simmons, B.Clarke, E.Hill, G.Purcell,

R.H.Lowday,