Jane ANDERSON, nee FA(E)LLOWS, age 24, died "Childbed", 7th December 1853 at Wellington, Kalkallo. (This locality presumably around present day Sale/Longford) According to her death certificate there were 5 children - John 6, Samuel 5, Agnes 4, Catherine 3, Infant 10 days. In April 1854 her husband, James, re-married, in Melbourne, to Jane MOORE of Broughshane, Co Antrim. There was no mention made of a previous marriage or children (extant or otherwise) on this marriage certificate, yet on the birth certificate (1856) for Hugh - the first child of this second union - it was clearly stated that this was a second marriage and Jane MOORE a second wife - thus authenticating the relationships. However, the certificate went on to record under the heading 'Issue living and deceased' "Two living, four dead". I cannot find any record of the deaths of those four children - either pre or post the death of their mother. I have a complete set of the Victorian BDM Indexes on microfiche, including the Early Church Records group. On the birth certificate (1857) for the next child, Christina, the 'Issue' changes to - "5 dead, 2 living". It is known that of the first group of five only Samuel survived and family tradition has it that the other four died of dysentery. The problem is to find the death records. Can anybody help here please. Further complicating this issue is the fact that Jane's death certificate states that she had been in Victoria for 11 years - making c. 1842 as the year of arrival - and that she had married at age 17 - c. 1846. As with the deaths, it has not been possible to trace the marriage. Anyone with clues on this? Any help or suggestion would be most welcome. Peter, (the older one of the tworobbos) at Bairnsdale, capital of the Victorian Riviera.