Hi Adele, Just checked my Australian Vital Records Index, I found the following Alex Ross M: Mary E Shepherd N.S.W. 1884 Charles Alex Ross M: Isabella Urquart N.S.W. 1868 Hope this helps Anne in Sydney. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Foulger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:35 PM Subject: RE: [ANS] Alex Ross > Hi Adele, > > Just checked the NSW BDMs online from 1875 to 1945, and there is only one > entry for that name: > > Registration Number: 374/1884 > Groom's Surname: ROSS > Groom's Given Name(s): ALEX > Bride's Last Name at Time of Marriage: SHEPHERD > Bride's Given Name(s): MARY E > District: SYDNEY > > There are no births listed for father Alex, but a number for Alexander. > However, none of thes have a mother Mary E, although some are just Mary. > There is this one: > > Registration Number: 20279/1895 > Last Name: ROSS > Given Name(s): MURIEL A > Father's Given Name(s): ALEXANDER D > Mother's Given Name(s): MARY E > District: BALMAIN SOUTH > > but you will need to know whether he had a second initial or not. > > Hope something helps. > > Carol in Sydney > > > > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [ANS] Alex Ross > >Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:03:06 +1300 > > > >I wonder if sks can throw any light on the above mentioned name! He was in > >Clareville. Carterton. NZ as a school headmaster.. left to go to Sydney and > >was told yesterday that he had something to do with INVA? Ceramic tile > >business. would love anyone to come up with this name please, it was be > >after 1876 he was in Sydney.. wonder if he married.. or where he lived, > >buried..anything please, it is a long shot...he often wrote to friends in > >Clareville..NZ.. > > > >Hope for some incy bit of news please. many thanks. > >Adele in NZ > >http://www.geocities.com/carterton_historical_society > snip > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >