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Lookup Rookwood C of E Please
« on: Friday 22 August 08 06:16 BST (UK) »
I have a Kate England aka Catherine buried Rookwood 16 Jul 1901. I would like grave location and any reference to Husband William George England or other family members.

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Re: Lookup Rookwood C of E Please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 22 August 08 07:13 BST (UK) »
I have checked the Rookwood cd and they are not on it, probably no headstone

There are two Williams without a second name, died 1924 and 1928

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Re: Lookup Rookwood C of E Please
« Reply #2 on: Friday 22 August 08 22:01 BST (UK) »
Cazay

Thanks for the reply, will have to check further through Anglican Office probably.

John
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Re: Lookup Rookwood C of E Please
« Reply #3 on: Friday 07 October 16 23:51 BST (UK) »
John,

William and Kate were my gr.gr.gr. grandparents (through their son, Richard William ENGLAND). I'd be very interested in exchanging information if you were interested.

Best regards,
Gina.


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Re: Lookup Rookwood C of E Please
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 08 October 16 01:34 BST (UK) »
Have found this burial entry for William England  Rookwood Cemetery;
 William England age 75   27/5/1914  Zone C  NN   1193

NSW  Death rego.  William G England rego 6202/1914  Father William      Mother Kate  District Granville.
Could this be a clue? maybe Kate should be Wife not Mother?

also Kate's registration of death;
 rego NSW; Kate England   rego 8946/1901         no other details   District Canterbury

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 08 October 16 03:18 BST (UK) »
Thanks very much for that, Suzy.

I have death certificates for both William and Kate. Kate's is pretty straightforward, but William's is problematic, it's one of those documents where the details were provided by someone who was not part of the family (the clerk at the Rookwood Asylum) and after the person in question (William) had died. Some of the information is correct, some is incorrect, and some is open to speculation. My assumption is that the details of William's birth and parents are incorrect, because there's too much conflict with other sources. However there are some family stories which might give hints to what really happened and I'm trying to connect with other descendants to discover whether there might be any truth to those stories.

Probably time to open another thread!

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« Reply #6 on: Saturday 08 October 16 03:50 BST (UK) »
Hi stegy3

Are you able to get  Rookwood Asylum records?

I had one of these and was able to obtained the Asylum records,  gave me a great insight as to my brick wall.  Cannot believe the reason my rellie was even in an Asylum to start with???

Good luck!

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« Reply #7 on: Saturday 08 October 16 04:39 BST (UK) »
Asylum records, that's a good idea. That's just at the NSW State Records, yes?
William's background is checkered, and so I'm not entirely sure what reason he might have for being in there ...
Thank you for the suggestion, I'll follow that up.

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« Reply #8 on: Saturday 08 October 16 04:52 BST (UK) »
yes the Rookwood Asylum guess it is in Rookwood, the index maybe online at your state archives. I'm from WA.
Will be interested in the results.