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I have the burial dates for a young couple who died within a couple of weeks of each other and I wondered if anyone had a copy of the parish records and could check if there was anything noted about the causes of their deaths.  They were

Henry Tatam died 11 April 1803 age 30
Mary Tatam died 29 April 1803 age 33

They left 4 young children in the care of their grandfather, and I really wonder what they could have died of.

Thanks
Chrissie

There is a data base of early Anglican Clergy in New Zealand which includes from colonial times to an ordination date of about 1930.
The address is

http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_directory/directory.pdf

Good luck

Christine

Sorry this is a bit long but I will type what I have on the family.  I am attempting to trace my grandmother's adoptive family which is possibly also her birth family as I suspect she was adopted by her birth father's youngest sister but they are proving to be very difficult.  They are Irish, do not seem keen on filling in official documents and also appear to lie a lot!

The parents are Jeremiah Corkery and Mary Hurley/Herdley.  I believe that they married in England about 1860ish, going by information on Mary's death certificate.  They are not the couple who married in Staines in 1881.

In 1861 they are living in Cranford Berkshire and have 3 children, John b abt 1857, Mary abt 1859 and Jeremiah abt 1861.
In 1871 they are in Walthamstow Essex, John and Jeremiah jnr are gone and they have Katherine b abt 1864, Edward abt 1866, Robert abt 1869 and Margaret abt 1871.  They came to New Zealand abt 1873 and possibly had another son, and a daughter Annie abt 1876.  Neither of those births appear to be registered here and I cannot find the births of any of the children born in England either (Free BDM)

The death certificates give no place of birth for Mary or Jeremiah.  His parents are named as Timothy Corkery and no mother named and hers as Denis Herdley and Mary Dinnanan.(possibly Dinneen?)

I guess that unless I can find a marriage which will give me more information I cannot go any further back on this line.

My grandmother was adopted by the youngest daughter Annie and her husband.  She always said that her birth father was Dan Corkery but none of the sons I have found are called Dan and I can find no evidence of a Dan Corkery here in New Zealand although my uncle swears he met him on more than one occasion.

Any suggestions on what I can do next?

Thanks
Christine in NZ

I am looking for the Allen family.  In 1841 they were listed as St Mary's Chapel Court Friar Street Warwick.  At that time they were all born in Warwickshire and included
George Allen age 45
Caroline Allen age 40
Caroline Allen age 1

I suspect that Caroline snr may have died between 1841 and 1851
Thanks