TAS births lookup please - COMPLETED

[Glendreath]

Ashe - You may have already found these but will post them D
Mother - Elizabeth ?

[Glendreath]

James Dobson parents: Father John Wright Dobson marries Elizabeth unkown(mother) 1846 Hobart, Tasmania.
Siblings: George 1840 Clarence, James(of course) 1842 Hobart, Sarah 1842 Hobart, Gilbert John 1844 Hobart, Catharine 1846 Hobart all in Tasmania. Think I have marriages but without  cert. can't be sure.
Hope this is of some help - Goonie

[ashe]

Hi Goonie

I do have that info, but cannot be sure if it's the right John. Am applying for James birth cert, and hopefully (fingers crossed) that it may give me the mother's name as well.

Many thanks for your lookup it is much appreciated.

Cheers
Ashe

[Webby]

There is a marriage of a John Dobson married an Elizabeth Stokes on 18 May 1840 in Hobart.   There are no other John Dobson's married to an Elizabeth - listed - only the one above.

One earlier John Dobson's  (1) - m Kate Willis on 26/1/1839 in Launceston.

All other entries for John are later.

Regards

Webby

[ashe]

Hi Webby

I do have that John Dobson/Elizabeth Stokes marriage as a possibility, however on the family name indexes online, the children of Elizabeth and the children of John Wright are different - hence I have a ?? now.

I have just found out that there is no birth registered for James in 1842? If John Wright is his father there was a daughter Sarah also born in 1842, they may be twins?

Many thanks
Ashe

[Webby]

There is a Birth registered for a James Dobson on 9/9/1842 with father's name of John Dobson and mother as Elizabeth Haukes (this could be a mistake). 

Two entries for a Sarah - one a baptism in 1842 and a birth in 1847.  Looks as though Sarah (of 1842) may have died???

All the baptisms had father listed as John (apart from Catharine's and he is entered as John Wright Dobson) - mother Elizabeth.

The birth's had :  Father - John and Mother Elizabeth Stokes (apart from James' which had such a strange name!!!).

I did check for Haukes.....strangely there is a couple of listings for Hauke.....but nothing for an Elizabeth Hauke(s). 

Regards

Webby

[Glendreath]

Hi Ashe - James Dobson birth is registered 9/91842. Reg. No. 1299/1843
               Sarah Dobson baptism is registered 24/10/1842 Reg. No.  1759/1842   
               There is a Sarah Dobson dies 11/2/ 1846 age 3 yrs in Hobart Reg. No. 953/1846 which would fit with her born 1842.
                These I found on Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803 - 1899.
I would think these are the family you are searching and it does list in these Indexes that Elizabeth Haukes is the mother of  James and the other children it just states Elizabeth. Anyway the birth cert. should clear that up. If it lists sibling George on it,  I think the list is the right one. Elizabeth Stokes and James Dobson have two males in 1856 + 1859 but no name and they are born in Horton
Unsure if Tasmanian records actually list siblings but guess you will find out soon enough. Be patient as I had to wait 5 weeks to get marriage cert. and I gave them all the information.  Goodluck - Goonie

[trish251]

The early Tasmanian certificates (to 1900) are available as image prints from the archives. They are freely available to search if you are at the archives & when I was last there it cost 50 cents to print a page from microfilm. I assume this could be much cheaper than buying certificates & worth a query to the archives. These films may also be available at LDS centres or Australian libraries/gen societies. According to SAG they are freely available, certificates not needed.
http://www.sag.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78

There is not alot on the registrations/certificates pre 1900, despite civil registration starting in 1839. I certainly don't remember seeing any siblings on details for my family birth records (and these weren't added until 1919). Check the above link - there is an option for certificate content

Trish

[ashe]

Webby & Goonie
Thank goodness there is a registration.    Many thanks to you both for all of the info and your time. It will help greatly, especially getting the reg no's. I noted that John Wright was transported out here, Elizabeth????a free.

Trish
Thanks for the info re the availibility of image prints and the site for certificate content. Certainly the images work out a lot cheaper, however as I live in NSW that is a bit difficult. My son may be going to Hobart next week for work, so he may have time to go to the archive office for me - here's hoping.

Cheers
Ashe