Thanks Peter and Jessie and Rhonda The family I suspect my John Close belongs to is Thomas Close and Ann Gutteridge/Guthrie - they had 9 children of which 3 had unregistered births and one registered but unnamed male born 10/10/1856. The only information I have for John's year of birth comes from his marriage certificate and death certificate which put him born either 1858 or 1861 in Deloraine. So the unnamed male born 1856 and registered by Thomas Close of High Plain, which I have determined is about a mile north of Deloraine is looking good! Would anyone know what C of E churches were in Deloraine at that time and if and where surviving registers would be! Cheers Trish On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jessie Dominy <blythe@y7mail.com> wrote: > > > Is this the couple you are interested in ? - > > John CLOSE m. Margaret DUNNE 23 Dec 1881 Launceston #758 23 / 21 yrs > > and possible connection to - > > Sarah CLOSE m. Thomas Edward SNOKES 4 Jan 1871 Port Sorell #528 21 / 24 > yrs > > > On Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 13:32, Peter Oakley via < > aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hi Trish, > > I'm afraid the valuation records only cover 1858 - 1899. That's all that's > available in hard copy at the old Hobart Reference Library. > > The Tasmanian Post Office directories don't offer much hope either. They > only give towns not even streets in most cases. > > I know from archived threads on the list you have the death certificates > for both John and Margaret Close. Another line of enquiry stemming from > John (and Margaret's) deaths might be open to you. In his death notice of > 1936 its noted he died at the Devon Public Hospital, Latrobe. TAHO have the > records for that hospital. If you follow this link you will see there are > admission registers available for the time period John was in that hospital > - > > http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=HSD62 > > or the register of deaths - > > http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=AB806 > > If the information was provided by the patient or a close relative it might > give far more detail than the death certificate. > > Margaret died at the Spencer Hospital, Wynyard in 1931. Again there are > admission registers available for that facility - > > http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=AB806 > > Perhaps an enquiry to TAHO would elicit further details?? > > Cheers, > > Peter > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Trish Grey via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > > > wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > I'm after lookups for the land valuation rolls for Burnie for the years > > 1915-1930 if they exist. John and Margaret Close lived in King St Burnie > > on and off throughout this period. Sarah Snooks(neeClose) was also > listed > > in King St on the 1928 Electoral rolls. If I can place her in the same > > house as John Close I may be one step closer to solving the parents of > John > > Close!! Unfortunately no house numbers have been noted on any of the > > electoral rolls! > > Fingers Crossed in anticipation! > > Trish Grey > > Darwin NT > > ------------------------------- > > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi Trish, I had a quick look at the Westbury C of E baptism register based on the fact that the the children's births were registered in Westbury rather than Deloraine. It was only a glance but I did see a Thomas baptised to Thomas and Ann Close then a big shock !!... Twenty pages of the register had been cut out covering the period 1854-1877. There is a note in the register just before it picks up again. It went something like "This book was left in the vestry while the church was being repaired and damaged by persons unknown." If the Closes were regular worshipers at that church and the unknown boy child of 1856 was baptised there the info is long gone. If I get the opportunity again I'll review the microfilm more closely to see if Sarah Close was there for 1849. As I say it was a very quick scan of the microfilm... Cheers, Peter Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Oct 2014, at 9:58 pm, Trish Grey <trishygrey@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Peter and Jessie and Rhonda > > The family I suspect my John Close belongs to is Thomas Close and Ann Gutteridge/Guthrie - they had 9 children of which 3 had unregistered births and one registered but unnamed male born 10/10/1856. The only information I have for John's year of birth comes from his marriage certificate and death certificate which put him born either 1858 or 1861 in Deloraine. So the unnamed male born 1856 and registered by Thomas Close of High Plain, which I have determined is about a mile north of Deloraine is looking good! > Would anyone know what C of E churches were in Deloraine at that time and if and where surviving registers would be! > > Cheers > Trish > > >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jessie Dominy <blythe@y7mail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Is this the couple you are interested in ? - >> >> John CLOSE m. Margaret DUNNE 23 Dec 1881 Launceston #758 23 / 21 yrs >> >> and possible connection to - >> >> Sarah CLOSE m. Thomas Edward SNOKES 4 Jan 1871 Port Sorell #528 21 / 24 yrs >> >> >> On Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 13:32, Peter Oakley via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Trish, >> >> I'm afraid the valuation records only cover 1858 - 1899. That's all that's >> available in hard copy at the old Hobart Reference Library. >> >> The Tasmanian Post Office directories don't offer much hope either. They >> only give towns not even streets in most cases. >> >> I know from archived threads on the list you have the death certificates >> for both John and Margaret Close. Another line of enquiry stemming from >> John (and Margaret's) deaths might be open to you. In his death notice of >> 1936 its noted he died at the Devon Public Hospital, Latrobe. TAHO have the >> records for that hospital. If you follow this link you will see there are >> admission registers available for the time period John was in that hospital >> - >> >> http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=HSD62 >> >> or the register of deaths - >> >> http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=AB806 >> >> If the information was provided by the patient or a close relative it might >> give far more detail than the death certificate. >> >> Margaret died at the Spencer Hospital, Wynyard in 1931. Again there are >> admission registers available for that facility - >> >> http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=AB806 >> >> Perhaps an enquiry to TAHO would elicit further details?? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Peter >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Trish Grey via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi all >> > >> > I'm after lookups for the land valuation rolls for Burnie for the years >> > 1915-1930 if they exist. John and Margaret Close lived in King St Burnie >> > on and off throughout this period. Sarah Snooks(neeClose) was also listed >> > in King St on the 1928 Electoral rolls. If I can place her in the same >> > house as John Close I may be one step closer to solving the parents of John >> > Close!! Unfortunately no house numbers have been noted on any of the >> > electoral rolls! >> > Fingers Crossed in anticipation! >> > Trish Grey >> > Darwin NT >> > ------------------------------- >> > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >> > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >> > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >> > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >> ------------------------------- >> AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >> Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >> Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Peter >From information passed on to me Thomas' baptism has his father living in Hagley at the time. Deloraine births were registered in Westbury up to the end of October 1856 and from the 1st of November 1856 registered under Deloraine! By the time the unnamed boy was born on 10/10/1856 Thomas is residing at High Plains. On trove in April 1856 Thomas is listed on the Electoral roll for Deloraine as residing at Drumreigh (Drumreagh) as a lease holder, the leasor being J Munce. Drumreigh and High Plains were possibly on the same land grant to Samuel Munce about one mile north of Deloraine. So I am hoping that if all those pages are missing that they did attend a church in Deloraine - assuming there was one! Trish