----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirlee Cantwell" <tcantwell@xtra.co.nz> To: <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] Was was Helena Emily MCBERNEY > Hi all > > This intrigued me so I did a bit of searching for Helen Emily > and went on to > Trove and searched first for Alfred E Gilchrist then Alf E > Gilchrist and > that is when I struck gold. Before that I searched the Mundia > website and > found two Trees that stated she had died in 1906. I found a > death for a > Christina Ann (Lena) Gilchrist in 1906. On the NSW BDM I found > that Alfred > and Helena/Christina had numerous children. A few of the > GILCHRIST births > were published in SMH and she is recorded as Lena. Alfred > marries again at > the start of 1907 and in November that same year a week apart > his wife died > first and later he died. > > Perhaps her death registration might provide more details. > Hi Shirlee There is a problem with this :-) The lady in question Helena Emily McBERNYs probable first marriage was in 1869 to Thomas McCLELLAND so say born c 1850. As far as we can tell from the indexes she had no children . If she is the same person marrying Alfred Ernest GILCHRIST in 1890 she would have been approx 40 yo . While not impossible seems rather unlikely to then have 8 children , last born 1904 According to the NSW 1903 electoral roll Alfred Ernest GILCHRIST was a check clerk and lived with wife Christina Ann , Liverpool Road Strathfield Another Alfred E GILCHRIST d 1893 /40207 . Index says Young, but are quite a few errors in rego area names Bye MargM Sydney List Admin