LIST 13 - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - BIRTHS FROM BURIALS

 
 
In checking the various burial registers for the deaths of the "Deuxieme 
Dizaine", 126 names were left with no corresponding baptism and consequently 
no known parents. 
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 
 date of burial
 church of burial
 age at burial
 Christian name
 family name 
 year of birth
 
The list is ordered alphabetically by surname. 
 
These Births from Burials account for 3% of the "Deuxieme Dizaine".
 
Nearly all the records came from either St Phillips Sydney or St Johns Parramatta 
but there were a smattering from other churches as the table below shows.
 
  Table 13.1. - Source Churches
 
 Church No.
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 St Phillips Sydney 93
 St Johns Parramatta 23
 St Davids Hobart 6
  St Matthews Windsor 4
 St Lukes Liverpool 1
 St Marys Sydney 1
 St Peters Richmond 1
 Christ Church Castlereagh 1
 
The numbers were almost evenly divided between males and females (62 & 64 
respectively). The Christian name of the child Perkins unfortunately was not 
recorded.
 
Regrettably St Phillips did not start to record the 'age at death' of 
their burials until 1805 and then only sporadically until September 1809 
with the arrival of the Reverend Willaim Cowper when it was routinely recorded. 
Similarly St Johns only occasionally recorded the 'age at death' from 1806.
 
As a consequence over half (63) the entries are unhelpfully described as 
'infant' or 'child'. William Lyons & John Rowe were described as a 'boy'. In 
all these cases the year of birth has been assumed to be the year of death. 
For the remainder the ages ranged from 2 months for Mary Smith to 25 years for 
Mary Brown.
 
Thankfully all other church registers did record the 'age at death' making 
birth a little easier to determine.
 
Where the surname as a second name separated by a slash '/', the surname after 
the slash is an alternative spelling interpretation of how the name was spelt 
on the original document.
 
Elizabeth Alderton's parents are believed to be Lawrence and Sarah but 
their arrival status is otherwise unknown. Elizabeth Dinsdale's mother, also 
named Elizabeth, would appear to have tragically died in childbirth two months 
before her own demise. Ann Wilson was the daughter of a member of the 73rd 
Regiment only newly arrived in the colony but otherwise unknown.
 
The Reverend Knopwood in Hobart conveniently did record the names of the parents 
of deceased children. Thus we know the parents of; Elizabeth Edwards (William 
& Sarah nee Bradford), Mary Ann Fox (Robert & Catherine McCarthy), Thomas Thomas 
(Thomas & Elizabeth nee - ) but not their arrival status.
 
Mary Brown was twenty five years old when she was buried at St Marys Sydney 
in 1829 and it cannot be said with certainty that she was colonial born.
 
 Table 13.2. - Births from Burials
 
 Total Males Females 
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 pre1801 1 0 1 
 1801 7 6 1 
 1802 18 6 12 
 1803 11 7 4  
 1804 12 6 3 
 1805 8 5 6 
 1806 18 8 3 
 1807 11 6 10 
 1808 11 6 6 
  1809 15 7 3 
 1810 14 6 8 
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 Totals 126 62 64 
 Percentages 49.2% 50.8% 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "B-D" on List 1. 

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