Emma BRIGGS

[fred2derf]

I'd like some help please with this one.



CofE Christ Church Bong Bong, NSW

No. 33  2 or 12 July [margin cut in filming register] 1848

Supp... ?
1842
... ? parents ?
being dead

Emma - William & Mary Briggs

Thanks,

Fred

[lizdb]

What is the heading of the second column? (The one that has "being dead " at the bottom)

[fred2derf]

The first column is the running number 33 and the date of baptism with part of the date cut off.
The second column is the date of birth.

[lizdb]

It starts with "Supposed 1842"

Presumably both parents are dead, and the person caring for her and bringing her for christening doesnt actually know when she was born, but knows approx how old she is.

[fred2derf]

Thanks.

You would then think it should read Supposed 1842 her parents being dead.  It looks more like His.

[fred2derf]

The other problem is that I can't find a death for either parent 1842-1848 in NSW. I will post elsewhere because the BRIGG(S) involve convicts and several families from Tasmania to Victoria to NSW. Hard to sort them out.

[lizdb]

I cant see the words "parents" in that column at all!

[fred2derf]

I think a large 'p' and an 'a' with a space between the curved left part and the vertical stroke to form the right of the letter, an 'r' that is a bit odd, a large 'e' and a tiny 'n' and 'ts' in the next column.

[jusnoneed]

I read it as "Supposed 1842 her parents being dead".
The r of her and the p of parents run together so it doesn't look like two separate words, plus parents written in a curve doesn't help make it clear!