Baby Born Onboard

[mwjw22jb]

I will. Thank you for all your help so far. I really appreciate it.

[matthewj64]

Detailed description of the voyage here - says there were no births
1887 'SHIPPING.', The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), 18 October, p. 4. , viewed 17 Mar 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3481295

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[Dundee]

Manifest also records deaths but no births.

http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalImageDisplay.aspx?ImageId=39554#page=20&view=Fit&ispdf=true

Debra 

[Ruskie]

That's the birth record I have. My mum had told me that they arrived with 2 children and a baby. That's why I was looking.

Obviously not within living memory - family stories are often a bit right and a bit wrong. 

[cando]

https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/BirIndexQry.m
Birth
1887/   C9046   
WILSON James Joss   
Father James Joss   Mother Emma Barondingle

The birth was not at sea at the prefix would have been M = Marine birth—happened at sea and was then registered at the first port of call in Queensland

The C indicates the birth registration was outside Brisbane.

The online subscription databases do not have the same information as the Queensland BDM's website.

There is a facility to purchase an image of a certificate online at Qld BDM which is emailed.

Cando

[Billyblue]

If he was born at sea, in 1887, it should be in the ship's log.

If you can get hold of "Log of Logs" (it comes in 3 vols), with a bit of luck it should tell you where the log can be located.

But to me, the Birth record gives you the date as provided earlier, by Groom.

Dawn M

[cando]

If he was born at sea, in 1887, it should be in the ship's log.

Dawn M

But...

Detailed description of the voyage here - says there were no births
1887 'SHIPPING.', The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), 18 October, p. 4. , viewed 17 Mar 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3481295

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And....

The birth was not at sea at the prefix would have been M = Marine birth—happened at sea and was then registered at the first port of call in Queensland

Cando

Cando

[groom]

 I can see how the story of "My mum had told me that they arrived with 2 children and a baby. That's why I was looking,"  as if he was born soon after they arrived that is how it would appear to everyone.

That must have been a very uncomfortable voyage for his mother. 

[stitchwitch]

Poor woman must have spent the last couple of weeks of the voyage with her knees clamped together, barely daring to move LOL