I am searching for James Matthew Blunt born Indiana @ 1880. The only information I have is from his marriage certificate.
This states James Matthew Blunt was born @1880 in Indiana USA, father John Thomas Blunt born Wales and mother was May/Mary Cunningham (no origin). James states he has been in Australia for about 20 years. I have been unable to link a John Thomas Blunt with a May/Mary Cunningham anywhere. I have searched USA census for their names individually for 1880 as they may not have been married. James Matthew Blunt married Madolin Webber/Collins in 1917 in Newtown, NSW Sydney. They had one child, a son Leslie James Matthew Blunt in 6 April 1918 in Sydney and then both parents died in June 1919 of the Spanish Flu.
I have been helping my mother on her desperate search but have not been able to find any immigration or shipping information for either John or James. We were hoping to find more information on this prior to my grandfather Les' passing but unfortunately he died 2 weeks ago. We would like to have some answers as we wish to include his biological parents names on his headstone as they were buried in unmarked graves. We have the birth date for Les' mother but would like this for James as well. 
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
PS I have also posted this on "Wales" lookup for John Thomas Blunt
Hi there,
May I suggest you post a request on the Australian Board for information about your James Matthew BLUNT. There are lots of RChatters there who could well help.
In the meantime, I notice you mention that you have the NSW BDM marriage cert. I am not sure though that a NSW mc would show he had been in NSW for twenty years. What document gives you that information please? I will look through my NSW offline resources for you to see if I can help further.
Info on NSW BDM marriage certs for 1917 should give you:
Surname and given names of the groom, his age at marriage, his place of birth, his occupation and status (bachelor, divorcee/petitioner or respondant, widower)
Surname and given names of the groom's father, his occupation and if known to be deceased, then that can sometimes be noted at that response
Surname and given names of the groom's mother, and ANY former names and if known to be deceased
The usual address for the groom
Surname and given names of the bride, her age at marriage, her place of birth, her occupation and status (spinster, divorcee/petitioner or respondant, widow)
And similar information re her parents, as well as her usual address
The date and location of the marriage ceremony, the officiating person conducting the ceremony and the rites used (usually the church and denomination, but civil registrars performed marriages).
The names of the witnesses (minimum of two officiating witnesses).
Cheers, JM
