Hi Giblet - Sorry delay replying, had to 'feed my man meat', talking of which, did you see reply from poster Eilleen about 'Mr Bint from the Mint'
I don't have Constance L. Welsh's birth certificate so don't know her middle name.
Burial of William Welsh, 1867; will find out tomorrow if anyone else shares his resting place. Actually it is sad how his death occurred, from 'brain and general debility', which I feel would have been caused by the chemicals in the inks he would have used in this profession; he was a Printer for many years of Bell's Life newspaper in Sydney.
Re address where Bertha was at the time of her marriage? All it states on certificate is that she was from Sydney. The marriage occurred on 8 Mar 1886 at Gore Street Fitzroy Melbourne by a Samuel William Asher, a Congregational Minister. More investigation needed but any suggestions how I go about this?
Like the idea that Elizabeth and Constance may have gone back to England and that Bertha stayed in Australia. I would need to find out if William left Elizabeth money, when he died in 1867, and how much.
Judith; thanks your reply. I noticed that too on Elizabeth's baptismal record - interesting, and working on how James and John may have been connected. On Elizabeth's sister (Maria) baptismal record in 1842, James is shown as a 'surgical instrument maker'
Thanks Bonnie