There are no marriages for John in 3Q of 1850 in London In the 4th Quarter October to December there are two John at Newington 4 469 John at Lambeth 4 339 regards Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "zanitaz zoe" <zanitazoe@yahoo.com.au> To: <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:32 AM Subject: [ENG-Buck] Re John Murry of maybe Buckinghamshire > Dear All > > Thank you all so much your help in looking for John MURRY'S census > records. How disappointing that he couldn't be found though. > > In answer to your queries, I got this birthplace from his death > certificate which was included in the Land Selection Filesfor him and his > wife from the Queensland State Archives. In this file, I found an > application by his wife Mary Ann MURRY to take over the lease of the land > upon his death which included the marriage date of 21/7/1850 London. > However I haven't had time to confirm that date yet or get the details to > order the marriage certificate. > > Queensland Death certificates are great in that they can hold a wealth of > information but are only as accurate as information given by the next of > kin (besides the main facts of death date, place and medical info) . > Strange that his wife states that he was born in Buckinghamshire if he > wasn't. She lived until 1911 so I wouldn't think dementia but perhaps she > was unsure or perhaps he lived there when he met her!. The QLD death index > doesn't give her father's name so her death certificate will unlikely hold > any more details for her so I need to find the census record for her to go > further back. > > The QLD Death index for 1877 for John MURRY states that his parents are > Edward MURRY and Maria BUTLER. I haven't yet had a chance to follow > through with immigration records as I only found out last Saturday that > they were married in England and most likely would have come to Australia > together. > > Thanks again. Look forward to any other information that you may come > across. If anyone needs any help for Queensland, Australia records please > ask. > > Regards > Chris > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo!7 Mail has just got even bigger and better with unlimited storage on > all webmail accounts. Find out more. > _____________________________________________ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message