This is the person who keeps all the records of birth at Kingston Cemetery. If you have the date of death or burial she will be able to tell you if the person is there. She is a very nice and helpful person. her name is Jackie Clark and her email is Jackie.Clark@portsmouthcc.gov.uk Hope this helps Bob Newell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Doughty" <adoughty01@optusnet.com.au> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:42 PM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Kingston Cemetery, Portsea. > Good morning Listers, > > I am hoping SKS can assist me regarding a burial that may have taken place > at Kingston Cemetery in the Sept quarter of 1871. The lady's name was > Emma Christie (nee Tomkinson), 24 years of age, born in Liverpool in Sept > 1846. > > At the time of the 1871 Census, she was with her husband, an Army Officer, > born in Sydney, NSW, Australia in 1844, Edward Tolfrey Christie, at > Claremont Lodge in Portsea. Edward was a Deputy, at the Commissionary > Control Depot at Portsea in Hampshire. > > Emma died, the day she gave birth to a daughter, Emma. Both Emma the > mother's death is registered, as is the birth of baby Emma. However, baby > Emma cannot be found, in any records after her birth. Edward Tolfrey > Christie, remarried, maybe in Ireland, to a Margaret Ramsay, as a son, > William Edward Tolfrey Christie, was born in Ireland in 1878. There are a > couple of questions, I hope can be answered, regarding Emma Christie and > her burial. > > > First, could Emma the baby have died, and seeing there would be two Emma > Christie's dying on the same day, that when the records were transcribed, > it was assumed that there was a duplication and only one death was > transcribed? > > Second, would Emma the mother have been buried at Kingston Cemetery in > Portsea? > > Third, if the baby did die at the same time as her mother, one can assume > she would be buried with her mother? Would the Cemetery have records of a > baby being buried with an adult? > > Hope someone can help with these questions. > > Regards, > Janice > Belrose - Old Sydney Town. > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I have a family member who lost his life when HMS Vanguard exploded at Scapa Floe. He is recorded on the Chatham memorial. John Noakes -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.24/100 - Release Date: 13/09/2005