Hi Trish, Your hopes for their attendance to the Deloraine Church are fulfilled !! St Marks C of E, Deloraine (built 1859 (earlier wooden structure built 1847) baptism register page 13 has John Close bapt. 22 March 1857, born 25 Feb. 1856 to Thomas and Ann Close, Abode: Drumleagh, Rank: Farmer. Have Margaret Dunn/e's origins been revealed? I know she was a daughter of Dennis and Madeline (Smith) Dunne because they were witness' at her wedding to John in 1881. Has her birth circa 1860 been found? Cheers, Peter On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Trish Grey <trishygrey@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >

Peter Kisses, hugs and great scenes of jubilation happening! Thank you so much for that look up! There is a discrepancy with the birth date the unnamed male was registered with - 10 Oct 1856 compared to 25 Feb 1856 on the baptismal record. Would they have had time limits within which they had to register births, or maybe it was a random date, given that Thomas was illiterate so the passing of dates and times weren't easy to track! Thank you once again Trish Grey Darwin NT On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Peter Oakley <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Trish, > > Your hopes for their attendance to the Deloraine Church are fulfilled !! > > St Marks C of E, Deloraine (built 1859 (earlier wooden structure built > 1847) > baptism register page 13 has John Close bapt. 22 March 1857, born 25 Feb. > 1856 to Thomas and Ann Close, Abode: Drumleagh, Rank: Farmer. > > Have Margaret Dunn/e's origins been revealed? I know she was a daughter of > Dennis and Madeline (Smith) Dunne because they were witness' at her wedding > to John in 1881. Has her birth circa 1860 been found? > > Cheers, > > Peter > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Trish Grey <trishygrey@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> > >