Unfortunately there's no Church of England baptism register to check, the archives note that the register for the period '...was removed from the church in 1933 and presumably destroyed'
M
Umm .... the C of E regulations actually forbid the destruction of these registers. Also, C of
E used two or more registers, so there should be the back up register. The regulations required the two then current registers to be kept separate and both in fireproof safety. It might be worthwhile contacting the Diocese offices to enquire about the registers. For example, clergy kept one register at 'home' and another in the saddle bag when travelling on a circuit in the 19th Century. One was written up 'as it happened' and the other, written up once 'back home'. There was a third and backup, as the clergy were required to transmit the details to their ''head-offices. So, it is possible for C of E records to be found in several registers for the one event. NSW BDM online index for example includes FIVE different reference numbers (each from a different register) for the baptism of one of my female ancestors in the 1830s. The civil admin authorities ought to have been following the civil admin regulations from Macquarie's time, if so there should have been info forwarded to the VDL Supreme Court's registrar, although many many clergy did not follow this 'practice' as the civil authorities did not make any funding provisions for the clergy's expenses to cover this.
CORK ... could be mis-read by the 20th century indexers .... COOK, CORE, CARK, CANE, and many other examples.
JM
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