Mary Helen MACMILLAN [33723]
- Born: 4 Jan 1857, Hobart Tasmania
- Baptised: 15 Mar 1857, Congregational Church Hobart Tasmania
- Marriage (1): Henry Charles WHITE [33731] on 10 Mar 1877 in Launceston Tasmania
- Marriage (2): Count Karl Birger MORNER [33730] on 29 Jun 1910 in St Margaret Westminster LND
- Marriage (3): Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de RUVIGNY 9th Marquis Ruvigny & Raineval [33698] on 15 May 1918 in Orange County New York USA
- Died: 27 Jul 1921, at Sea aged 64
 General Notes:
The TurnerThirlwellHesselt Tree on Ancestry notes that at Mary Helens third marriage to Melville:
"Mary Helen uses the surname White from her first marriage and makes no mention of her second marriage to the Count Morner in London in 1910. She also answers NO to the divorced woman question."
Mary Helen's will was quite extensive with the main beneficiaries being her busband, the Marquis Melville, daughter Felicite and daughter Gwendolen Mab Mclachlan (nee White). Much of the estate was held in trust until such time as Felicite reached age 25.
Probate Queensland 9 May 1929.
Mary Helen's estate was valued at £63,172 in 1923.
De Ruvigny Mary Helen de Massue of Beulah Flats Milson's Point North Sydney New South Wales Australia (wife of Melville Henry de Massue Marquise de Ruvigny) died 27 July 1921 at sea. Probate 14 Mar 1924 to Gwendolyn Mab McLachlan (wife of James Douglas McLachlan). Effects £2640 12s 7d.
National Probate Calendar.
Research Notes:
Henry & Mary had five children
Medical Notes:
Died at sea of a suspected heart attack aboard ship 'Port Elliott' off the coast of South Africa whilst en-route to England
She was travelling with her 8 year old daughter Felicite.
Mary married Henry Charles WHITE [33731] [MRIN: 12075] on 10 Mar 1877 in Launceston Tasmania. (Henry Charles WHITE [33731] was born on 25 Mar 1837 and died on 24 Feb 1905 in Hobart Tasmania.)
Mary next married Count Karl Birger MORNER [33730] [MRIN: 12074] on 29 Jun 1910 in St Margaret Westminster LND. (Count Karl Birger MORNER [33730] was born on 3 Mar 1867 in Sweden and died on 10 Mar 1930 in Flen Sweden.)
Mary next married Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de RUVIGNY 9th Marquis Ruvigny & Raineval [33698] [MRIN: 12071], son of Col. Charles Henry Theodore Bruce RUVIGNY 8th Marquis Ruvigny & Raineval [14226] and Margaret Melville MOODIE [14229], on 15 May 1918 in Orange County New York USA. (Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de RUVIGNY 9th Marquis Ruvigny & Raineval [33698] was born on 26 Apr 1868 in London, baptised on 17 Jun 1868 in St Andrew Peckham LND and died on 6 Oct 1921 in MDX London.)
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