Greetings All.
Thanks for your help. More padding.
A fresh set of eyes, and clear head, was needed and you all provided that.
Minniehaha and KHP, you got me on a rookie mistake. The original family registered death, plus research of some 20 papers past clippings yesterday afternoon, did not throw up one SHARP{E} spelling so I wrongly assumed any record would have been spelt as per family notification. A big mistake. Thanks, but date of birth was on the press notices, including the example clip supplied.
2 H; How sad, only lived for 2 hours. My late Gt Aunt once stated that the P/East teacher struggled to have a family. She referred to only a Wm and a Jenny surviving. But now I know Cecilia Jane, must have been the surviving daughter’s registered Christian names.
Had I noted an [H] in my original sighting notes I would not have been looking to see if that was a reference to a live female birth [2nd daughter] or even one of a set of twins. The NZ Herald had birth and death notices on both the 9th and 14th. The other three papers one apiece. Must have been a loved teacher, unless some papers reproduced the notices for free.
Janette. Thanks. I needed a new approach, but did not want members wasting their time looking up stuff I already had. Hence my stated objectives.
St Stephens. Did not know if you held Church sextant records, differing from the Auckland City, and Library records, available on line. Like my Oratia and P/East, that I can usually put my hands on.
Thanks for thinking also about David VERRAN. I have personally tapped into David’s extensive knowledge, a number of times in the past.
The couple’s 1869 Marriage, and 1870 birth notice, gave Bowling Green Cottage, Grafton road as their residence, so that to was close to Parnell and St Stephens. Apparently a private cottage, not a Nursing home, as can only find two press references to that name. The Bowling green having only just been established.
Now had confirmation, that the Pukekohe East Church cemetery interment records, do not include baby Elizabeth.
Through you all have now learned that the reference number on all those original post office and Court registrations, that I have sighted in years past, has no relevance to the number used on historic online records.
My focus has been selected pioneers, so genealogy research is only a by-product. No large collection of reference resources at home. Not a subscriber to commercial www sites.
Any one researched into, and therefore have an idea of what was common practise with still birth and limited life after birth, in Auckland, in 1874 ? Was there consecrated ground that they could inter into for free ??
Alan.
