Parents names

[natae]

I'm trying to help my gr aunt (by marriage) find some info on the parents of Emma PEARCE all we know is she married Thomas (Tho) CHILDS in Sydney in 1881 any help appreciated

[rosball]

This could be her death in 1910
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15192652

It says she is wife of captain Thomas CHILDS and she is aged 51 (?)

From Nsw bdm death
1910 Emma CHILDS 12403/1910 father ...., mother Mary, at Balmain

Some obits to captain Thomas CHILDS who died in 1939 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17614902
And http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127472414

Ros
Adding : probate for Thomas Childs https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/item/641430

[natae]

Thanks Ros

[rosball]

I can photograph the probate for  Thomas CHILDS the next time I am at archives if you wish.  It *should* have death cert, a will and full names and locations of heirs.   Occasionally there are more Certs and info.

[Jamjar]

Birth? 16308/1872 Emma Pearce parents HENRY and MARY ANN PICTON

Jamjar

[majm]

Hi there,

What information did the bride and the groom provide about themselves, their origins, and their respective parents when they married?  Who were their witnesses?  If either bride or groom was not yet 21, who gave consent?   This would be first hand information, and likely more reliable than say info from a NSW BDM death registration.

What to expect on a NSW BDM marriage registration:
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history/registry-records.aspx
Bridegroom's full name, his occupation, his place of residence, his conjugal status, his place and (sometimes) his actual date of birth, his age at marriage, his father's name and his mother's maiden name.
Bride's full name, her occupation, her place of residence, her conjugal status, her place and (sometimes) her date of birth, her then age, her father's name and her mother's maiden name.

NSW BDM online index has:
Tho CHILDS marrying Emma PEARCE, registered in the BDM district of Sydney, 8 March 1881 #301.   
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history/family-history.aspx
Official transcription Agents:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,300394.0.html

If there’s blanks on the NSW BDM registration  (it is possible that a Sydney marriage conducted by a clergyman was fully reconciled to the Church registers back in the early 20th Century.)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,546609.0.html

JM

[majm]

NSW Electoral Roll 1870 WEST SYDNEY
Thomas CHILDS, freehold,. 16 Athlone Place

NSW Electoral Roll 1878 WEST SYDNEY
Thomas CHILDS, freehold,. 16 Athlone Place

Sands 1885 Sydney Alpha Directory
Thomas CHILDS, 32 Gloucester Street

Sands 1895 Sydney Alpha Directory
Thomas CHILDS 23 Adolphus St, Balmain

Sands 1900 Sydney Alpha Directory
Thomas CHILDS, 182 Darling St, Balmain

NSW ER 1902 DALLEY, polling at Balmain North
Emma CHILDS, 49 Bradford Street, domestic duties
Thomas CHILDS, 182 Darling Street, seaman

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=369703.msg5267800#msg5267800
Sands directories freely available online

JM

[majm]

City of Sydney’s Assessment books
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/history/archives
http://atlas.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/

1867 Denison Ward (Owner/Landlord, and Occupier)
Thomas CHILDS 16 Athlone Place

1882 Gipps Ward (Occupier)
Thomas CHILDS 69A Gloucester St

1891 Denison Ward
Thomas CHILDS 14 McCredie St
Thomas CHILDS (Owner/Landlord but not occupier) 14 Athlone Place

1896 Denison Ward
Thomas CHILDS (Owner/Landlord, but not occupier) 14 Athlone Place

1901 Denison Ward
Thomas CHILDS (Owner/Landlord, but not occupier) 14 Athlone Place

ADD
Sands 1910 Suburban Directory
BALMAIN
47 Palmer St
Thomas CHILDS, master mariner

Sands 1915 Alpha Directory
Thomas CHILDS, 47 Palmer St Balmain.

JM

[majm]

13 May 1911 by Rev Luke PARR, at St Thomas, Balmain West (Church of England)
George PURKISS, fireman, of Balmain, bachelor, born Romford England, aged 23 years, parents as William PURKISS and Elizabeth THOMPSON, he a labourer
Married
Clara May CHILDS, home duties, of Balmain, spinster, born Sydney, aged 26 years, parents as Thomas CHILDS and Emma PEARCE, he a master mariner.

Witnesses Thomas PARKER, Martha PARKER.
All signed.

Now to see if I have any offline info re Clara’s maternal grandparents ….

JM