Esther Amelia Beetson

  Research Notes:

Geoff Goodfellow notes:
Some of the Magic family changed the spelling of their name.The original Magic was a convict of Romany extract transported out from England. Your Ester would have been one of Belle Obrien/Beetson, as you say she was also the mother of Andy but Ive always been led to believe that her husband John Beetson was not Andys father.

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection.

Esther married Robert Ridge on 5 Jul 1881 in Wollombi, NSW Australia.¹⁰⁷⁹ (Robert Ridge was born on 3 Oct 1840 in Richmond, NSW Australia and died on 16 Sep 1906 in Colo, NSW Australia ¹⁰⁷⁹.)