Greetings Listers Many will know that I am re-creating the lost burial register of the Balmain Catholic cemetery and many Tancred and Punch family members are buried there, however, Edwin Punch and Mary Tancred probably died a few months before the Balmain cemetery opened and I seek help to find there place of burial, I suspect that Edwin was buried at Devonshire St and would be grateful if someone who has the book on Devonshire St. could do a lookup There is a death notice for Edwin in the SMH 21 June 1869 Mary Tancred, wife of Stephen died at Parramatta and may have been buried locally, she died on 20 June 1869 there is an SMH death notice on 30 June 1869 or she may also have gone to Devonshire St. If either of these were buried in the Balmain Catholic cemetery they would be the first burials there by several months and a real bonus for me Many thanks for any help Patrick Callaghan

Hi Patrick Mary TANCRED ; I have the St John's, Mays Hill and All Saints books and she is not in those. A friend of mine is a Tancred decendant and I am pretty sure they were catholics and I do not have the St Patricks book which is the catholic one. I couldn't find her in the Devonshire St book Edwin PUNCH ; I have found a mention in the Devonshire St book of a Edmund PUNCH aged 3 years. Its in the licenses to bury and butts section. License date is 18/6/1869 the applicant is his uncle William HINCHEY of Hyde Park hotel, Bathurst St. This could well be Edwin. Keep up the good work. Linda > Many will know that I am re-creating the lost burial register of the > Balmain Catholic cemetery and many > Tancred and Punch family members are buried there, however, Edwin Punch > and Mary Tancred probably > died a few months before the Balmain cemetery opened and I seek help to > find there place of burial, > I suspect that Edwin was buried at Devonshire St and would be grateful if > someone who has the book on > Devonshire St. could do a lookup There is a death notice for Edwin in > the SMH 21 June 1869 > > Mary Tancred, wife of Stephen died at Parramatta and may have been buried > locally, she died on 20 June 1869 > there is an SMH death notice on 30 June 1869 or she may also have gone > to Devonshire St. >