Searching STEPHENSON

[Lucy2]

Hi Scruffyones

It would make awfully good sense to purchase the New Zealand birth record of Sarah Houghton STEPHENSON.   
(Request a "printout" of the record - this gives the maximum amount of information.   Ordering information is on the NZ BDM website.)

From 1876, NZ Birth records include the following :

*   Birth places of parents
*   When and where, married.

(I can't see a marriage in NZ for a John STEPHENSON to a Mary Elizabeth / Elizabeth Mary ? ).


Lu

[Lucy2]

Hmmm  ... I see there is a death in WA for Houghton STEPHENSON.

At Karrakatta Cemetery, WA, Wesleyan section, a John and Mary Elizabeth STEPHENSON buried together.  ? 

Might these be the parents of Sarah Houghton STEPHENSON ?

 

[scruffyones]

 thank you everyone for your help so far.

one little piece of information always leads to another thousand questions. especially with this branch as sarah houghton stephenson is all i have from her daughter's marriage certificate.

i discovered her name on the nz bdm but hadnt found her siblings except houghton. which lead me to believe that the name may have been from the maternal side of the family but since there is other stephenson's with houghton must be from the paternal side.

thanks lu for the suggestion for the birth certificate i might have to go along with that.

another question it leads to - why did she leave nz for outback western australia???

KPH - not sure if they do would list how long the person lived in other places on certificates in australia.


o so confusing

thanks again everyone- can only keep searching

[scruffyones]

Hmmm  ... I see there is a death in WA for Houghton STEPHENSON.

At Karrakatta Cemetery, WA, Wesleyan section, a John and Mary Elizabeth STEPHENSON buried together.  ? 

Might these be the parents of Sarah Houghton STEPHENSON ?

 

do you have the link for this ?? please

[Lucy2]

Sure.

http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/search.php

[Lucy2]

another question it leads to - why did she leave nz for outback western australia???

Assuming that the John and Mary Elizabeth STEPHENSON buried WA, are her parents, then perhaps the whole family made the move to OZ ?

Incidentally, I don't see a (suitable) death in NZ for a Mary Elizabeth (and searching for a John STEPHENSON death is difficult, without knowing a year of birth.)

Lu

[scruffyones]

thanks again lu

all the surnames in my family are common names, so i know searching for them without much information isnt easy. o well makes it all the more intriguing

[Lucy2]

Hi

Common names.         Yes, that's why it's important really to get official BDM records for verification  ... believe me, without them, it's so easy to "go down wrong pathways" only to find out eventually that you've got "the wrong family".   

To find out what type of information is included in WA BDM records, have a look at RootsChat's Australian Board >>  Resources Section >> "Western Australian Records" :

Lu

[SPC]

another question it leads to - why did she leave nz for outback western australia???

Mary Elizabeth is listed as living in Subiaco at her death - probably suburban even 100 years ago and certainly more so than Kaitangata.

Simon