I think it is nothing much apart from nice sea - fish - can't swim in it, tropical nasties would abound. There is now apparently a small hospital / medical centre (I think for day surgery things, otherwise off to Cairns) and a smallish supermarket, and the odd other shop. Mostly people drink, apparently! So there is at least one pub. Wonder if they came to Oz, didn't like it - and were on the way to or from when Mum went into labour at Thurs Island? There are the native people of course. But.. usually they went round the bottom of it, I think, following the "roaring forties". I don't suppose it is a misprint? Maybe you could chase the birth cert - from Qld probably, sorry don't know the address but they are NOT on line apart from perhaps an email address. If you put Queensland BDM or similar into google you should get something with the street address, anyway. Good luck ! Dawn -----Original Message----- From: NOREEN KENNEDY [mailto:waverneyhopper@btinternet.com] Sent: Thursday, 27 May 2004 7:15 AM To: ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMB] Registrars link to bmd search Cambridge Hi Dawn Exactly what I was thinking Now what on earth would take a Maltster. all that way have a child and then be back in England 2 Years later?? Hardly an area for growing Wheat/ barley is it??? Honor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Webb" <dawnwebb@optushome.com.au> To: <ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:52 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-CAMB] Registrars link to bmd search Cambridge > I suspect the "Thwisday Island, Australia" birth place is really > Thursday Island... Strange place for them at that time - not a huge > centre of population even now! Up north of the tip of Queensland - > well on the way to New Guinea. > > Dawn (Melbourne Australia) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruth [mailto:subs@history.fslife.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, 27 May 2004 3:40 AM > To: ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [ENG-CAMB] Registrars link to bmd search Cambridge > > > The Cambridgeshire BMD site is working for me. Were you trying > http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/sub/register/cambsindex.htm ? > > This gives the following marriage entries > 1887 William Plumb to Ellis, Cambridge Registration District > 331/CE071/01/267/1 1887 and Alice Ellis to Plumb, Cambridge > Registration District 331/CE071/01/267/1 > > I can't immediately find the couple in the 1891 census, but a search > in the free index to the 1901 census at www.census.pro.gov.uk suggests > the following family - the reference to a daughter born in Australia > may well explain their absence in 1891: > > Balsham, Cambridge > William Plumb, aged 34, Malster, born Balsham Cambs > Alice Plumb, aged 31, born Arrington Cambs > Lucy Plumb, aged 7, born Thwisday Island, Australia > Francis Plumb, aged 5, born Balsham Cambs > May Plumb, aged 2, born Balsham Cambs > William Plumb, aged 10 months, born Flemdyke Cambs > > You would need to look at the original census page to confirm > relationships. > > The 1901 census index also has one entry for an Albert Cooper aged > between 6 and 8 and born in Cambridgeshire - a 6 year old Albert in > Littleport. > > Hope this helps > > Ruth > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NOREEN KENNEDY [mailto:waverneyhopper@btinternet.com] > Sent: 26 May 2004 14:39 > To: ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-CAMB] Registrars link to bmd search Cambridge > > > This link appears not to be working today. > Looking for anyone with '91 census or pr's for Balsham. Looking > specifically for any siblings of Frances Alice PLUMB d/o of William > PLUMB and Alice Eliza ELLIS Bn 1895.Of Flem Dyke Cottages, Balsham. > Or indeed the Marriage of this pair. > Thanks in anticipation Honor. > > > > ==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== > .. > > > > ==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== > . > > > ==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== > . ==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== .