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. 1. Now from the above information, do I find the childrens birth dates by extracting their ages from 1905? I assume this was their ages when this document was written. If this is the case, Lena was born 1868. Information states she was born on the Hawkesbury River NSW. Can I find her birth in the NSW Archives and is the BMD's online? Apparently she never married. 2. Family I am researching for thought she was buried in Cooktown but apparently her grave cannot be found. Can you help with this please.. Sorry cannot find any dates relating to her death but wonder if any newpaper had any obits., etc, seeing she was such a well known person in Cooktown, with Helenvale and also Helen St. Cooktown being named after her. Any ideas what papers I should check, and where will I find them please? Thanks for any replys to my request. Kind regards, Mary

Mary, google historical births deaths and marriages, new south wales - they have been on line for ages.. Check the National library of Australia digitising project - newspapers on line, the site has been posted numerous times, remember it was not and still isn't compulsory to have a funeral notice or obituary in the newspaper. Remember to search for her with her birth name not as Lena (I have someone shown as Lena on a death certificate but her real name was Catrina Matilda).. She could have married so check for marriages in Queensland and New South Wales. google Cooktown cemetery, she probably only has a marker and they could be long gone, buried under soil.. Jenelle. ----- 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. > > 1. Now from the above information, do I find the childrens birth dates by > extracting their ages from 1905? I assume this was their ages when this > document was written. If this is the case, Lena was born 1868. > Information > states she was born on the Hawkesbury River NSW. Can I find her birth in > the > NSW Archives and is the BMD's online? Apparently she never married. > > 2. Family I am researching for thought she was buried in Cooktown but > apparently her grave cannot be found. Can you help with this please.. > Sorry > cannot find any dates relating to her death but wonder if any newpaper had > any obits., etc, seeing she was such a well known person in Cooktown, with > Helenvale and also Helen St. Cooktown being named after her. > Any ideas what papers I should check, and where will I find them please? > > Thanks for any replys to my request. > > 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: 270.13.100/2374 - Release Date: 09/15/09 20:00:00