Hi wivenhoe,
Yes, certainly. The death certificate for Mary Mullin/s (nee PATTERSON) shows her death on 26th June, 1897. She died at the Ballarat Benevolent Asylum. The informant was the Superintendent of the institution. It states she had 6 children during her life. According to her entry record she had been a Knitter and of the 'Disciple of Christ' Protestant faith. Her son John (my grandfather) also followed the Baptist faith at one stage during the early 1900s. According the death certificate of daughter Matilda Jane LAMBERT (nee Mullin), her father William MULLIN was referred to as a 'Clergyman'. Her marriage certificate refers to William as having been a Government Surveyor. Family talk was always that the family came from Belfast, Ireland and then in hard times they came to Liverpool during the early 1840s, where William dies of disease. However I do know that John (son) was born in Liverpool, some time between 1843 & 1846. John himself referred to his father as a Civil Engineer. A second daughter Maria (born Belfast 1840-41) also referred to the Government Surveyor occupation so there must be something to it, I surmise? Hence at some stage there had been a change of occupation. I was told he 'gave up' his engineering work and turned to religious vocation, but who knows without evidence? I confess I have also never been able to actually identify a confirmed death for William nor of John's birth. I have always reached a dead end with this family group.! Ah well..I have also checked plenty of indices for a record of William & Mary's marriage in Ireland but alas I have not had success! For your information. Thanks, cheers, Rob
