Hello Mary Try the following link. I searched births for the last name neill (and the father's given name james) in the years 1788 to 1908 25 matches found http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=births These are two entries that may be yours. 440/1865 NEILL ELIZABETH E JAMES ANNE SYDNEY 1495/1862 NEILL WILLIAM J JAMES JOHANNA SYDNEY The following is from the deaths 1477/1866 NEILL GEORGE F JAMES JOHANNA SYDNEY Kind regards Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Mizzi" <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> To: "AUS-QLD" <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:45 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] RE death and burial of LENA NEILL. > Hello List, > > Still cannot find either the death or burial of Lena NEILL of Cooktown, > North > Qld. > I have received documents from the Cooktown Historical Society's Marjorie, > and browsing through these, I have found this article > > Reg.No.3228-24th March 1905 - James NEILL, .64 years- Grazier and > Dairyman. > Mag Inquiry 30 March and 3rd April 1905 before Lee BRYCE. > Father - William (Schoolmaster), Mother Mary Jane MORTON (Margaret) > Born Paramatta NSW - 32 years in Qld. > Married Balmain Sydney at age 21 years to Johanna GUILFOYLE > > Issue - > William James Augustine 40 yrs > Lena (Eleanor Elizabeth) 37 yrs > Leslie John Morton 35 yrs > One male deceased > Buried Cooktown - plot RCA (Roman Catholic A) 124A.

Thanks to Stan, Janelle, Barbara and Sherrie for your replies to my email about Lena NEILl. No results as yet in finding her burial or grave. Family seem to think she is buried in Cooktown and I am thinking of contacting the Catholic Priest in Cooktown to see if he has any idea of her death/burial. As suggested, the grave might be there but the number covered in dust although, I would be rather surprised if there was not a headstone above her grave...after all, she had Helenvale and Helen Street, Cooktown named after her....a wonderful lady from what I have read, who was always a great help to all. She never married but was always on call to help her family and friends. Will see what I can find. I have most of the history of the Neill Family...thanks Janelle for that mention of Johanna Guilfoyle....will open that site and save the information for the NEILL family tree, which I am researching for the descendants. Again thanks for all your help...such a lot of kind people and a great site for getting any help in tracing our ancestors. Kind regards, Mary

Mary, I have NEILL in my tree, but none of the names you mention tie in with mine unfortunately... I have also found them under NEIL/O'NEILL/O'NEIL Jenelle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Mizzi" <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] RE death and burial of LENA NEILL. > Thanks to Stan, Janelle, Barbara and Sherrie for your replies to my email > about Lena NEILl. > > No results as yet in finding her burial or grave. Family seem to think she > is buried in Cooktown and I am thinking of contacting the Catholic Priest > in > Cooktown to see if he has any idea of her death/burial. As suggested, the > grave might be there but the number covered in dust although, I would be > rather surprised if there was not a headstone above her grave...after all, > she had Helenvale and Helen Street, Cooktown named after her....a > wonderful > lady from what I have read, who was always a great help to all. She never > married but was always on call to help her family and friends. > Will see what I can find. > > I have most of the history of the Neill Family...thanks Janelle for that > mention of Johanna Guilfoyle....will open that site and save the > information > for the NEILL family tree, which I am researching for the descendants. > > Again thanks for all your help...such a lot of kind people and a great > site > for getting any help in tracing our ancestors. > > Kind regards, > > Mary > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.102/2377 - Release Date: 09/16/09 17:49:00

Mary Mizzi, I belong to the Catholic parish of Mareeba and I can tell you that at the moment there is no Catholic priest in Cooktown. It's the story all over Australia, unfortunately. Probably a call to the Bishop's House in Cairns could you give you some leads. Jeanette Hartley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Mizzi" <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] RE death and burial of LENA NEILL. > Thanks to Stan, Janelle, Barbara and Sherrie for your replies to my email > about Lena NEILl. > > No results as yet in finding her burial or grave. Family seem to think she > is buried in Cooktown and I am thinking of contacting the Catholic Priest > in > Cooktown to see if he has any idea of her death/burial. As suggested, the > grave might be there but the number covered in dust although, I would be > rather surprised if there was not a headstone above her grave...after all, > she had Helenvale and Helen Street, Cooktown named after her....a > wonderful > lady from what I have read, who was always a great help to all. She never > married but was always on call to help her family and friends. > Will see what I can find. > > I have most of the history of the Neill Family...thanks Janelle for that > mention of Johanna Guilfoyle....will open that site and save the > information > for the NEILL family tree, which I am researching for the descendants. > > Again thanks for all your help...such a lot of kind people and a great > site > for getting any help in tracing our ancestors. > > Kind regards, > > Mary > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >