Hi Judy NSW Births Deaths Marriages has the Following for a Peter and Catherine... which fits with the rego in Qld. Perhaps the extra births on thedeath cert could be one or two of these... V18412264 162B 1841 MURPHY Peter V 18441486 63/1844 MURPHY Margaret V18451486 62/1845 MURPHY Margaret V18461008 63/1846 MURPHY Mary A V18452149 63/1846 MURPHY Elizabeth **On Qld Pioneer INdex Mother is Catherine DEWN for this one V18482115 65/1848 MURPHY Peter ... V1850569 67/1850 MURPHY John V18531764 70/1853 MURPHY Edward J. V18605214 142B/1860 MURPHY John P. *** Father on this one Peter F. QLD Pioneer Index has another Baptism Richard MURPHY 16-11-1842 which wasnt registered till 1854 Rego No. 1854/BP0034 Father Peter Mother Cath. 1878 Death Rego for Peter MURPHY has his middle name as Duff There is a child born in 1884 Could he be named for Peter who died in 1878 Peter Duff MURPHY born 28-12-1884 Father Peter MURPHY Mother Anne Mc BOW ref 1884/001506 Jan. > They had children: > Margaret 1844 > Elizabeth 1846 > Peter 1848 > John 1850 > Edward Joseph 1853 > > On the death cert of Peter Sr in 1878, it says there were 5 males > dead and 1 female. Margaret was 34yrs, Elizabeth 32yrs and Peter 30yrs. > > Obviously, there were 3 more males and 1 female born to this couple - >