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Hoping someone can assist in solving who the parents were for Edward Maurice Harvey, who according to the NSW BDM (6796/1944), died in 1944 in Sydney, NSW. His father there is shown as RICHARD MAURICE HARVEY and no mother is listed.
According to Edward's marriage Registration (69/1921) on 24 December 1920 to Kathleen Ryan, his father is indicated as EDWARD RICHARD HARVEY. Also the Registration Cert. indicates that when he married, Edward was aged 32 years and born in Brisbane, Queensland. That means he was born around 1888. A search online of Queensland BDM records for Harvey around that time shows no entries for either Edward or his father.
I found his Service Enlistment details for WW1, Service No. 1488, which confirmed he was natural born in Brisbane, and his NOK was shown as Oliver James Page in 477 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, Sydney.
On his application to Enlist in the AIF, he also listed his address as 477 Bourke Street Surry Hills Sydney. Before embarking, he spent training time in Cootamundra, Goulburn and Menangle. he was discharged following return on 1 August 1918.

Hoping someone can help shed some light on the problem finally.
Wildcats13

Further to my last reply, I am trying to see what connection there is, if any, after seeing an interesting article (Wiki Tree) that showed a JOHN NIXON BRUNKER, who came to Australia in 1822 and lived in the Central part of NSW. He was born in 1788 in Rockcorry, County Monaghan, Ireland, father - John Brabazon Brunker, and Mother Catherine Foster, and married a MARY ANNE McGREEVY, He was a convict on the "Countess of "Harcourt" in 1822, and later became an Overseer at Parramatta Hospital.

This is a variation on our JOHN BRUNKER NIXON, son of Charles Arkie Nixon and Mary Ann Brunker born 1792 in County Monaghan and died in 1854 in Wagga Wagga in the NSW Riverina. My old friend (in his 80's) said he can remember his family mentioning the name Arkie when he was a lot younger so the parents of his John Brunker Nixon appears correct.

I can understand the connection of the names Nixon & Brunker in his ancestor, but wonder about the Nixon connection in John Nixon Brunker, unless it shows in earlier generations. Also both John's lived in the same area of County Monaghan and only 4 years apart.

I am hoping you might be able to shed some light on the problem.

Wildcats13

I am trying to help out an old friend who doesn't know how to find what he wants, which is to find out the parents of John Brunker Nixon/Nickson. I have told him it is most unlikely but you never know. John is supposed to have been born in 1789, but is not sure whether it was in Ireland or Scotland, as he had the name ARGYLE shown on his property in Monaghan.

I have searched the Scottish BDM and found four John Nixon about the same time. He thought John's father may have been Charles but not sure. None had the Brunker middle name, and I'm not sure yet about the connection of the Brunker name to the family.

I have found that John, wife Mary (Swan) who were married in Monaghan on 3 October 1820, and their 5 children had come to Australia in 1834 on the ship "Jessie"  into Sydney and later settled in Wagga Wagga, NSW. On the passenger list their surname was shown as NICKSON, but used the shorter version once they arrived.

He also mentioned the names Coothill and Rockcory but is not sure if they are the areas they were born or lived in Monaghan. He also mentioned that John had worked as a supervisor of convict labour on John McArthur's property in Camden before going to Wagga Wagga, but still trying to confirm that.

I'm hoping you may be able to assist or point us in the right direction.

Wildcats13

i am trying to find out whether Edna Mary Alice Naylor (1907-- ?) married again after she divorced Ernest Rowland Mills in 1931. He was a good footballer who received an offer to play with Huddesfield in England and didn't return. She was left with a 4 year old son at the time.

According to the Electoral Rolls, she returned to live with her father Walter Meaton Naylor (Hairdresser) in Coonamble, NSW until at least 1943. Walter died in 1944 and no further mention of Edna in the area.

I have seen a reference to a John Joseph Tracey marrying an Edna Mary Mills in 1943 in Coonamble, but she is shown as being born in Broken Hill not Coonamble, and died in 1965 at St Leonards, Sydney and Ancestry shows her parents as James William and Annie (NSW 27079/1965).

A bit of a puzzle and also what happened to Edna son, born about 1927.
Hoping someone can shed some light,
Wildcats13

It seems I may have found the marriage of Charlotte Gibbs to a Charles Henry Wake/Walse on 28 January 1864 in Aldershot, Hampshire. According to the 1861 Census, she was 44 and born in Bishopstone, Wiltshire. I then found Charles had married again in 1865 to Amelia Watts, so I checked the Deaths and found that Charlotte Wake had died in the 3rd quarter of 1864 in Winchester, Hampshire.

I have found nothing more on her daughter Mary Jane at this stage other than what was posted.

P.S. Just received the posting regarding the reference to "Emm" in Mary Jane's Baptism details. the following is what I found in the Index for Bishopstone (Wilton) - Baptisms 1814-1849

Year   D/M      Surname     Given Name        Parents        Abode              Note
1837    26-Feb    GIBBS       Mary Jane Emm     Charlotte     Flamston         Baseborn
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