Hi Paul, There are a couple of NSW deaths that may be of interest, particularly the first one: Registration Number Last Name Given Name(s) Father's Given Name(s) Mother's Given Name(s) District 8576/1900 CURRAN PATRICK OR PETER BERNARD SARAH CASINO 8425/1920 CURRAN ELLEN BERNARD ELLEN HAMILTON Could not find anything else, though. Carol in Sydney >From: "PJCurran" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [A-NSW-S] Error in subject line should have read Roll call: >Bernard Curran >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:19:01 +1000 > > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: PJCurran >Date: 08/10/04 16:15:48 >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Subject: Fw: [A-NSW-S] Roll call: Alexander > >Subject: [A-NSW-S] Roll call:Curran > >Hi Everyone, > >I know I have asked this on numerous boards however I am asking again I >hope >you dont mind? > >Does anyone have any connection with or thoughts about how I might track >down more information about Bernard Curran > >Bernard Curran was the ninth child of Daniel Curran and Susan Patton and >was >born on the 2nd December 1868 in Warrenheip Victoria Australia. There are >two strange occurrences regarding the birth Bernard. The first strange >occurrence is, according to the coroners report, that his mother had >expired >within two hours after giving birth to Bernard, due to massive hemorrhaging >caused by the lack of experience of the attending midwife. The second >strange occurrence was that he was registered twice, once in Bungaree >Victoria Australia, birth registration number 1108/1869, and once in >Buninyong Victoria Australia, birth registration number 1972/1869, it is >unclear as to the reason for the second registration > >In addition to Bernard there were eight other children born in Australia, > >1. John was born on the 4/2/1861, however, tragedy struck and he died 9 >days >after his 1st birthday on the 13/4/1862 >2. Susannah (Susan) was the first-born of the first set of twins, on >10/2/1862 and died in 29/8/1949 >3. Daniel was the second-born of the first set of twins, on the 10/2/1862 >and died on the 23/6/1943 >4. Dennis, my Great grandfather, as born on the 8/11/1862 and died on the >9/5/1946 >5. William was born on 13/1/1864 and died in 9/5/1930 >6. John was the first-born of a second set of twins, born in 9/9/1866 and >died in 1928 >7. Sarah was the second-born of a second set of twins, born in 9/9/1866 and >died in 1934 >8. Margaret was born in 23/12/1867 and died in 1903 > >Bernard was last heard of in Grafton in 1893 >one more thing Bernard had an Uncle also named Bernard who died in >Learmouth >Victoria Australia >Thank you very much for your time and effort in advance. >Regards, >Paul Curran > > >==== AUS-NSW-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== >Feel Free to offer your surname searches to the list at any time for >updates. > >============================== >You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from >http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx