LIST 17 - BIRTHS - TROISIEME DIZAINE

LIST 17 - BIRTHS - TROISIEME DIZAINE - VAN DIEMENS LAND

This  is a list of children presumably born in Van  Diemens  Land but  who  were

not baptized at either St David's  Hobart  or  St John's  Launceston.  There

are 479 members  of  the  "Troisieme Dizaine" on the list, 264 boys and 215 girls.

The  information  recorded  for  each  child  includes:

              year of birth

              Christian name

              family name

              location

              reference identifier

The list is presented; firstly in chronological order by year  of birth, secondly

in alphabetical order upon father's family name.

Regretfully  only  the  year  of birth is  known.  The  place  of residence refers

to the location of the child at the time of  the census or muster, not the place

of birth.

These births account for 7% of the "Troisieme Dizaine".

               Table 17.1. - Births Van Diemens Land

                         Total  Males  Females

               ---------------------------------

               1811      25     20      5

               1812      21     14      7

               1813      33     15     18

               1814      33     17     16

               1815      42     21     21

               1816      53     24     29

               1817      49     27     22

               1818      83     49     34

               1819      75     42     33

               1820      65     33     32

                        ------------------------

               Totals   479    264    215

          Percentages         55.2%  44.8%

The entries come from several sources: CSO 1/122 which is from  a census of

children conducted in Hobart in 1827; MM1 which is from a  series of musters

of children conducted for Port Dalrymple  in 1819,  1820  and  1821; SWD which

is from a  register  of  orphan school  admissions;  VDLH3  which  is  from  "Van

Diemens   Land Heritage"  a biographical and genealogical index edited  by  Neil

Chick composed of entries from private family sources.

Then   there  were  entries  from  miscellaneous   Anglican(CoE), Catholic(CoR),

and Presbyterian(CoS) church registers.

The Hobart Town Gazette of the 2nd January 1819 records the birth of  male

triplets at Herdsmans Cove but unfortunately no  further identifying details

have been found on them to date.

               Table 17.2. - Source of Entries

                    Source         Number

                    ----------------------

                    CSO 1/122         348

                    MM1                79

                    SWD 28/1           13

                    VDLH3               3

                    HTG                 1

                    CoE                15

                    CoR                23

                    CoS                 2

It  is  possible that some of these children may have  been  born overseas and

arrived after 1820 but there is no way of telling at the time of writing.

Entries on this list have the reference identifier "VDL" on  List 1.

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