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Hi there

Just wondering if someone here has access to burial/cremation records for Orange Cemetery.  I'm interested in finding out if Cecil Rhodes WOOLFE [d.1969] and his wife Minnie Eileen WOOLFE nee Robertson [d.1981] are interred there.  NSW BDM shows Cecil died in Orange but no location is listed for Minnie.  I can't find access to burial records on the net anywhere nor can I find anything on Trove.

I would be very grateful if someone has access to these records and can supply me with the info.

Thanks in advance

dfc

Grace Rawson b.12 Sep 1900, Bourke, NSW - d.1984 Brisbane, Qld

m. Stephen Mitchell 1926-1967, Wallsend, NSW

daughter Catherine Mary (aka Kaye) b.13 Oct 1927, Kurri Kurri - d.26 Nov 2001, Gold Coast
daughter Beryl Nora (aka Betty) b 02 Jun 1929, Kurri Kurri - d.22 Jul 1955, Sydney
daughter M******* A*** (aka M****) b *******, Kurri Kurri - living

These are the three children that I've always known about.  I've often wondered why there was such a big gap between Betty and M****, but never had the courage to ask and now it's too late.

I've got a certified copy of Grace's death certificate and M**** was the informant.  When Grace died, the only deceased of these three was Betty, so it should read two still living and one daughter deceased.  But, it reads three deceased daughters in 1984, which really gave me a shock.  I've known and visited with these two living daughters most of my life so to see that there were possibly two more that were never spoken about seems very odd to me.  Even Grace never mentioned them to me.

There is a Margaret Grace Mitchell (parents Stephen/Grace) d.1972, Newcastle, #80938 which could possibly fit but why would there be two daughters named Margaret?  Can't find a dob for her.

As far as the other one is concerned, I don't even know where to begin looking. 

Aside from anything else, I'm not even sure I believe that there were other children as the informant has stated that Grace's parents were John Rawson and Catherine Rawson nee Wolf (who are actually her grandparents).    We know that her birth mother was Nora Rawson, as per her birth certificate.

So, my dilemma is, where do I go from here to find out if the two extra daughters do really exist? 

thanks in advance

dfc

I haven't attached Grace's death certificate here as the informant is still living and I'm not sure what the protocol is.  If anyone wants a copy, message me and I'll message it back to you (ie unless I'm allowed to attached it here).

Hi all,

Another query.  I'm seeking information on Honorah RAWSON (aka Honora Rawson, Norah Rawson, Nora Rawson). She was born in Oberon NSW in 1886 to John Rawson and Margaretta "Catherine" Wolf.  She had an illegitimate child named Grace at age 14    (  under questionable circumstances).  There is a marriage registration for a Nora Rawson and John J Spinks #8241/1907 in Narromine which seems likely to be her but I've tried contacting some Spinks family members and no one seems to know about her so I'm wondering if it is someone else (I'm just about to order the transcription for this marriage to see if I can confirm if it is her). I've also looked for a death registration under Nora (& the aka's) Spinks and have tried to find any children born to them up to 1913 but so far nothing.  I keep getting 'hints' from ancestry.com for different marriages but they are all in another name. 

Nora had 7 siblings:
Margaret (1879- ?  )
Catherine (1880-1956)
Eliza (1884-1943)
Mary (Ellen?) (1889- ?  )
Ethel M (1891-1896)
John Andrew (1893-1961)
Emily J (1895-1901)
Leslie Gordon (1898-1961)

I'm also having trouble determining information regarding her sisters Margaret and Mary so any help with sorting their details would also be appreciated.

Thanks again
dfc

I'm also seeking the date/year and VIC BDM Reg Number for a marriage between Leon (aka Louis or Lee) MEERMAN and Margaret Alwyn PAXINOS, again likely to be in Melbourne and between 1950-1955 (1953-1954 probably). 
Thanks in advance   
dfc

Could someone please lookup the death record for both John Meerman and his wife Sophia (nee Rostovsky) who both died in Melbourne.  John's date of death is 22Aug1962 and Sophia's date of death is 30Sep1966.

I'm interested in finding out their date and place of birth and where and when they were married if the records show this.

Thanks in advance.
dfc