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The Common Room / Musician as occupation??
« on: Thursday 21 January 10 11:43 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

A marriage certificate of my ancestor William Richard Cobbin lists his occupation as "Musician".

How could I find more information about this? What on earth constitutes a musician as an occupation back in 1854?

For the record he married Hannah Robinson Swift on 1854 in Adelaide at the age of 19.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

Thank you!

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Australia / Re: HAYES Jacob Henry and SMITH Ann of Tasmania, Australia
« on: Friday 06 November 09 05:37 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Wivenhoe, that would be great!!

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Australia / Re: HAYES Jacob Henry and SMITH Ann of Tasmania, Australia
« on: Tuesday 03 November 09 22:58 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you johngirl!  :) :)
Will try to call TasBDM and see if they can help further.

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Australia / Re: ANDREWS/COBBIN/GUILLET
« on: Tuesday 03 November 09 10:56 GMT (UK)  »
You'd think they would all try to be the same... dont they know how annoying it is!! haha

Thanks again, will keep searching. Oh and I don't have the actual baptism details, just notes and info from other people. Do you think it's worth tracking them down? Or just having the details is enough?

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Australia / Re: ANDREWS/COBBIN/GUILLET
« on: Tuesday 03 November 09 10:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

Thanks for your quick replies!

I do have the details of 10 children for William Cobbin and Adelaide Guillet, but I didn't know he was a tailor! Thank you!

I have William ANDREWS Death Cert but it doesn't list a mother's name. It does tell me he is from Liverpool UK, was in Adelaide and then 12 years in Victoria. Will have to do some maths and see if I can figure out when he came to Aust.

Judb, I have that newspaper death notice, thankyou.

I just feel like I have exhausted everything I can, except maybe the marriage certificate of William ANDREWS and Fanny COBBIN. Cando - why won't it be any help? Were they a bit useless back then...?

I am waiting on Adelaide's death certificate to arrive from SA, and I need to order William COBBIN's.

Thanks again everyone, I appreciate the suggestions and information!

Shaezy


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Australia / ANDREWS/COBBIN/GUILLET
« on: Tuesday 03 November 09 09:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

Searching for any further information regarding the following people please:

WILLIAM ANDREWS (b1854 possibly in Liverpool, UK and d1893 North Carlton, Victoria). I don't know when or where he came to Australia.

William married Fanny Eliza Cobbin in 1877 and had Lillie, Fanny, Creasie, William, Frederick, Albert and Florence (my gr.grandmother).
William's father is possibly a HENRY ANDREWS but I have no information on him at all.

Fanny Cobbin's father was WILLIAM RICHARD COBBIN (b1835 in London, UK, don't know when he came to Australia, or died).
His parents were WILLIAM COBBIN b1802 and d1877 in Adelaide, SA; and ADELAIDE GUILLET born 1801 in France and d1853 in Adelaide, SA.

Any information on either WR Cobbin or Adelaide Guillet would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Australia / HAYES Jacob Henry and SMITH Ann of Tasmania, Australia
« on: Tuesday 03 November 09 09:16 GMT (UK)  »
Looking for any information regarding Jacob Henry Hayes b 1863 but I don't know where. He is listed in the Tasmanian Colonial Archive as marrying Ann Smith (b 1858) in 1884. Jacob died in Hobart, Tasmania in 1936.

They had the following children (all born in Tasmania, Australia):
Ethel Annie b 1886
Alice May b 1888
John Henry b 1889
Francis George b 1891
Maude Mary b 1893
Maude OR Mabel Lillian b 1897
Albert Edward b 1899

I have no information on his parents, or where he was born. I also don't have a great deal on Ann Smith other than her parents were George Talbot Smith (possibly born England) and Catherine Sheen/Sheehan (possibly born Ireland).


Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Birth Certificate "Not Present"
« on: Tuesday 03 November 09 08:53 GMT (UK)  »
Oooohhhhhh! That makes sense!!!!

I am sure I have found the BC of my gr.grandfather but it says "not present", yet he went on to have many kids and a long life... I was very confused!!!!

Thankyou!

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Family History Beginners Board / Birth Certificate "Not Present"
« on: Tuesday 03 November 09 04:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there,

Can anyone please tell me what the reference "not present" on a birth certificate means?

It is on an Australian (Victorian) Birth Cert from 1887, under the "Child - Name and whether present or not" column. I am assuming it means stillborn, but perhaps it doesn't?

Can anyone enlighten me please? Thanks.

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