Hi Everyone,
My family believe that we are the direct descendants of Margaret Harper & Gerorge Williams,who appear to have had 11 children.
Strangely though,our great grandfather John Henry has not been listed in their record of births.We believe he was born in Chewton on 11th June 1863.
Which is the best way to verify this please
With Thanks
Sue
Sue,
I have 12 Children for GWW and Margaret, as follows
1855 Mary Ann
1857 George Oswald (Haswell on his baptism)
1859 William Nathan **
1861 John Henry ^^
1863 Eliza
1864 Emma
1866 Alfred Robert
1868 Richard Walter
1870 Edward
1872 Agnes Louisa
1874 Charles Ernest
1876 Ellen Letitia
Victoria BDM site
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.dojonly throws up 9 children for me - your John Henry is missing, and the eldest child Mary Ann b 1855. Some juggling of what you put in the expanded fields for father and mother's maiden name might give you success. Maybe you can contact the Registrar in Melbourne for a physical search covering the time period.
https://assets.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/transactions/family+history+help+guide ** William Nathan was my friend's great grandfather, and your John Henry was the next child for them at Fryers Creek, just outside Chewton, then the next sister Eliza was registered 1863.
^^ JH's death 24 May 1911 is before his birthday of 11 June, so he would have been just shy of 49, so birth year was 1862?
Your John Henry is in 2 public trees, and a pic of his son Vincent John with son's wife Lorna Doone Hill. what an amazing name!! Like being Tess D'urberville Smith
The Blackmore who wrote LD was a cousin to the husband of my 5th great aunt Frances Warren, in and around Clayhidon, Devon.
Have you checked out the 2011 posts by Teresa1 on here? Wonderful stuff ... But she isn't active these days.
I can not find evidence of how GWW or Margaret arrive separately at the gold fields.
Londoners aren't working as gold miners in London, but he never does anything else until he dies.
Anc*'s Australian Birth Index has Margaret's maiden name as ... Puceinall, against Mary Ann's registration.
bizzare, no wonder it isn't for me on Vic bdm,
I have found 2 of Margaret's siblings' baptisms using FindMyPast and anc*.
Salute,
Janelle