Edwin Reuben CARPENTER of Ballarat Did he rob a bank?

[emilypos]

Hi Sue
I have copy of the twins birth and death certs........ premature births . 101% sure its gg gparents offspring . Hopefully file attachment worked
Why its got ALEXANDER as her maiden name  is a mystery. But then it also states they married in 1854 when  it was 12 Nov 1853 and his place of birth as Jay Vermont..........  No,  Jay is in Essex Co NY State. Like I said before you sometimes need more than a grain of salt with some BDM cert info

Edwin & Margaret had their last child , Cyrus Alexander, the following year.   Were 4 fairly closely related Alexander LESLIES  in Margarets family. Her father was William LESLIE . Edwins father & grandfather were Cyrus' .  Re scanned this birth cert as was too big before

Bye
Emilypos

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

Death of Edwin Robert CARPENTER in Rockhampton in 1932.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70296603?searchTerm=

Gerry

[majm]

So, who was the informant on the birth certs for the twins... 

JM

[majm]

So, who was the informant on the birth certs for the twins... 

JM

And,  Sue has logged out,  but I see her post about a sawmill has landed on a different thread on the Australia board, when it ought to have landed on this thread ...

Iwas puzzled by the reference to a sawmill
Hence the question above regarding the certification details
However...

This news item will interest you and answer your original question too.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52977971

Sue

Well Found Sue

JM

[wivenhoe]

Birth Certificate document that you have attached

14 Feb 1867   
Place of birth: Cardigan Street Carlton
Name: Charles, elder of twins
Father: Edwin CARPENTER, saw mill owner, (age) 36, (place of birth) Jay Vermont, United States
Mother: Margaret CARPENTER, formerly ALEXANDER (age) 34, (place of birth) Aberdeen
Previous Issue: Edwin 12, Alice 10, Amelia 8, Helena 3
Marriage: Melbourne 1854

Name: John, younger of twins
Father: Edwin CARPENTER, saw mill owner, (age) 36, (place of birth) Jay Vermont, United States
Mother: Margaret CARPENTER, formerly ALEXANDER (age) 34, (place of birth) Aberdeen
Previous Issue: Edwin 12, Alice 10, Amelia 8, Helena 3
Marriage: Melbourne 1854

For birth of John, and presumably to indicate if child is present, it has....... "not"
For birth of Charles, and presumably to indicate if child is present, ......nothing written...blank...

Is there more of this document to see?.....name of informant, date of registration etc......

[sparrett]

I posted this snip on the wrong topic.
Apologies.
Here it is and I believe it will help answer some questions and to clarify the reference to Edwin being a Sawmill owner.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52977971

Sue

[emilypos]

file attached other half of  twins birth cert...........  Their father registered their births and their  deaths 14th & 16th Feb. Incidently Edwin was more 40 years old then 36 in 1867



I knew he got a commision to build  long low bridge over swampy land . Unsure of  what his profit  might have been from 500 pounds 

[majm]

I knew he got a commision to build  long low bridge over swampy land . Unsure of  what his profit  might have been from 500 pounds

Your original post made no mention of your knowledge of that contract in that exact amount ....  so many RChatters have contributed comments, suggestions, posed questions,  searched indexes, online and offline, gone through Trove,  and other online newspapers, to try to answer your original question about where he got the money ....

JM

[sparrett]

I knew he got a commision to build  long low bridge over swampy land . Unsure of  what his profit  might have been from 500 pounds

Emily,
I think I do not understand your point here regarding a profit on 500 pounds.

Although you knew of the contract, had you not considered that the funds for the purchase of his farm land ( the initial query of your thread)  arose from hard work and success during the first 2 years of his residency in Rockhampton?

Sue