Hi Pauline Is this his son maybe? 1885 GAST John, father John, mother Catherine Morrison, aged 35 died Brunswick. (#4347) If you got that death cert, it might give a clue as to whether his father is deceased or not. And any wife, marriage, or children he has. You may even get really lucky and find his father is the informant! Actually there is a child Walter John born 1876 to John GAST and Harriet nee Candler in diamond Creek. #8704. Actually I fond masses of children, mother Harriet Chandler apart from the one with Candler as her maiden surname. Various places, mind you but the right sort of gaps. 1874 Flora Elizabeth Diamond presumed Diamond Creek 1876 Walter John Diam 1878 Annie Frances Ru Pa presumably Runpanyup; she died aged six in Brunswick 1885 and from reg number, before her father did. 1880 Chas Chandler Waracknabe presumably Warracknabeal 1883 Joseph Chandler Brun presumably Brunswick 1885 Catherine Br Un Brunswick? Not the ones you wanted, mind you, but hope these help a bit when put with other things. Poor Harriet - those children to support solo and one just born that same year. Bet she remarried pronto. But not in the pioneer index period. Maybe she and Catherine supported each other in Diamond Creek? Who was the informant on Catherine's death cert? I also found the marriage of (son) John to Harriet in 1876 (#2725) and it says he was born in Sydney. That marriage cert might state if Dad was deceased or not, too. And a Flora GAST married in 1874 to James Cowin and it says she too was born in Sydney. A daughter of your missing guy? Her marriage cert (#3783) might be informative too. And I found three children born to John snr and Catherine in NSW - there's a Donald somewhere. You searched births for the last name gast in the years 1830 to 1875 1 - 3 of 3 matches found Click on a column heading to sort the column alphabetically. < Previous | Start | 1 | End | Next > Registration <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID =14172548&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&event=births&frange=1830&trange=18 75&place=&x=55&y=12&reorder=regno> Number Last <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID =14172548&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&event=births&frange=1830&trange=18 75&place=&x=55&y=12&reorder=col2> Name Given <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID =14172548&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&event=births&frange=1830&trange=18 75&place=&x=55&y=12&reorder=col3> Name(s) Father's <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID =14172548&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&event=births&frange=1830&trange=18 75&place=&x=55&y=12&reorder=col4> Given Name(s) Mother's <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID =14172548&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&event=births&frange=1830&trange=18 75&place=&x=55&y=12&reorder=col5> Given Name(s) District <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID =14172548&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&event=births&frange=1830&trange=18 75&place=&x=55&y=12&reorder=col8> Purchase Certificate V18452730 30A/1845 GAST FRANCES JOHN CATHERINE Buy <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/add?SessionID=141 72548&Status=H&nregno=V18452730+30A/1845&certtype=birth&nameofsub=FRANCES+GA ST&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&trange=1875&frange=1830&place=&event=birt hs> Now V18521113 45A/1852 GAST DONALD JOHN CATHERINE Buy <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/add?SessionID=141 72548&Status=H&nregno=V18521113+45A/1852&certtype=birth&nameofsub=DONALD+GAS T&sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&trange=1875&frange=1830&place=&event=birth s> Now V18482697 33A/1848 GAST JOHN JOHN CATHERINE Buy <http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/add?SessionID=141 72548&Status=H&nregno=V18482697+33A/1848&certtype=birth&nameofsub=JOHN+GAST& sname=gast&gname=&fname=&mname=&trange=1875&frange=1830&place=&event=births> Now Dawn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carmel M Reynen Sent: Thursday, 1 January 2009 9:13 PM To: 'Pauline Stuart'; AUS-VIC-[email protected] Subject: RE: Lost man in Caledonian diggings Pauline If he died in a mining accident there would be an inquest, but cannot find him in the indexes there either. Do you know who his parents are, it is possible the name has been mispelled or interpreted incorrectly. If you look for him under his mother's name you may find him. Also have you found where is wife is buried to see if he is buried with her.Or did you check the indexes for those who went to WA looking for Gold. Carmel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pauline Stuart Sent: Thursday, 1 January, 2009 12:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Lost man in Caledonian diggings Importance: High Can anyone shed any light on the death of John Gast who mined on the Caledonian Diggings from possibly 1850. His last known address was Queenstown in 1866 when his last child was born. I can not find him in either the Victorian or NSW GRO's. He was an ex convict who came to the goldfields from Maitland in NSW. We know that his family continued to live in the area of Diamond Creek. His wife Catherine died in 1895. Could it be possible that he died in a mining accident in the mines and is it possible that some of these deaths were not registered. Regards Pauline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 3728 (20090101) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com