Someone on Ancestry has the Boyd family in their tree.
They have a birth for Margaret Sophia Boyd 1/8/1867. there seem to be 7 other children to this family. Some of them are buried at Saint Mark's Parish Church Cemetery Armagh. Margaret had a brother Louis Patrick boyd B-12/9/1865 and died in NSW 9/8/1922.
Will be interesting to see the BOYD family tree and see the other children's names.
Still curious to know where the name JACKSON came from. Her son was named Charles Robert Jackson. Robert, possibly after her father.
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sue
Got Louis Patrick's death on Trove he was just 56 years. He was also married to a Anne ?
Thanks
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May I please comment
Trove is the short name for the online part of the National Library of Australia. It includes many digitised newspapers. But it is much more than that. Also it is free to search. The digitised newspapers are fantastic, and the NLA welcomes anyone helping with the OCR transcriptions of the digitised newspapers.
Here is the live link to the notice of Louis' death
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16018315 11 Aug 1922 Sydney Morning Herald. (Peakhurst is in the Hurstville district)
You would probably need Louis' NSW death cert or better still his NSW marriage cert to validate his parentage. Perhaps his probate packet would make mention of his sister Meta ? NSW State Records Office holds his probate packet. Here's the link to their online index showing his file details. The deceased estates files pre 1923 (his is pre) can be a complex process, but here's the drop down box for the index.
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/indexes-to-deceased-estates-and-related-records/indexes-to-deceased-estate-filesNSW death certificates includes sections for personal information about the deceased; for medical information about the cause/duration of the illness; burial/cremation information. The personal information has, from 1856, included the name of the deceased; his/her age; place of birth; length in the colonies/states; parents' names including nee for mum; spouse; when & where married; details of the children (living and deceased) of the marriage/s. Of course, this personal information is informant driven, and if provided by a family member is information given at a time of grief so may not be as reliable as say first hand information provided at marriage.
NSW marriage certificates include information provided directly by both the bride and the groom, and by 1898 included the following details: full name of the groom, his parents' names (including nee,) and if either were known to be deceased; groom's age, occupation, place of birth, usual address, and of course his Dad's occupation. (same for bride). If either were not yet 21 years of age, then the name of the adult providing consent.
NSW BDM is online, free to search. There is even the option to drill down to determine the date of the event. This is a fairly recent feature, but already there are some tree submitters who are allowing others to believe they have validated their information, including exact date of the event by obtaining the certificates, when all they have done is GUESS a connection based on information on the index, or deduced from drilling down on the index.
The NSWBDM has appointed official transcribers who provide same details as on the real deal certificates. These organisations are well respected by family history groups, and the service offered is excellent, pdfs as email attachments, and delivery ahead of NSW BDM itself, and at much less expense.
Here's the link to NSW BDM
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history/family-history.aspx ( 9 May) 1898 Louis P BOYD married Ann BROWN registered Sydney district. NSW BDM #2514
( 9 Aug ) 1922 death of Louis P BOYD son of Robert A and Frances, registered Hurstville district NSW BDM #10187
Cheers, JM
