I'm trying to find out more details about the birthplace of my grandmother. She came from County Cork, Ireland to Australia when she was young with her parents. When she was a young adult, she moved to New Zealand. I'm attempting to find as much information as I possibly can about this family, so I have more to work with in my Irish record searches.
Given names: Eileen Gertrude St. Aubyn
Surname: Burke
Birth: approx. 1858, County Cork, Ireland (birthplace found in obituary and death certificate)
Marriage: 23rd of December 1884, St. Thomas Church [illegible], Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Husband: Henry John Murray (born in New Zealand)
Death: 4th of September 1926, Christchurch, New Zealand
Father: John St. Aubyn Burke
Father's occupation: Squatter (as far as I know, this is an Aussie specific profession)
Mother: Stella Chester
Moved to Autralia: Unknown, "The daughter of an Army officer, Mrs Murray was born in County Cork, Ireland, and at an early age came with her family to Australia." - Obituary
Moved to New Zealand: A few years prior to 1884 "a few years after her arrival [in NZ] she married..." - Obituary
Not known whether Eileen had any siblings, can't find a mention of any.
Her marriage record:
https://i.imgur.com/bZEQHfH.pngHer death certificate:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13RAKhJJuQi6RImoktYAM_S9ihDdywuiv/view?usp=sharingHer son's enlistment paper:
https://i.imgur.com/058nZam.jpgObituary:
https://i.imgur.com/DNPm4QZ.jpgThe lady transcribing the original record for the death certificate got a few relationship(s) section wrong, she was new and in training. Why they let her do such an old record, I'm not sure...
I looked on Trove to try and find some entries for the family, it doesn't seem as easy to use or as comprehensive as the NZ equivalent PapersPast (which I'm more familiar with). I couldn't locate any information on a "St Aubyn Burke" family, couldn't seem to find a John/Eileen/Stella St Aubyn/Burke record of arrival. I tried to see if there was a newspaper entry for Eileen's marriage to Henry Murray in 1884, no luck there either.
Looked for the death records of John/Stella St Aubyn/Burke in all the AUS states that would let me search for them. No John St Aubyn Burke, but plenty John Burkes. Unfortunately, couldn't find any relevant newspaper entries for a John or Stella Burke death. John Burke is a pretty common name, I suppose Stella is less so.
I thought if John St Aubyn Burke was a squatter, there might be some records of a farm? Not sure where to locate that.
Unsure of where to go from here really. I'm not sure whether Trove is the definitive location for Aussie Newspapers, nor where else I could look for information on this family.
There's another thread about this in the Ireland board, I posted a while ago:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=810585.0