BURIALS - EBENEZER KIRK PORTLAND HEAD

 
 
There were 45 burials performed at Ebenezer during this decade, but with 
no burials recorded for 1840 and only one for 1832 and 1839. Unfortunately 
to date the parish register has not been completely transcribed.
 
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 burial date 
 death date 
 Christian name
 family name
 age
 abode
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 quality or profession
 reference number
 
The burials are listed in chronological order.
 
Not having completely transcribed the burial register means that it has 
not been possible to record the Officiating Minister for most of the 
entries although it can be said the Rev. John Asland performed three 
burials in 1837 and Rev.J Fuller one the same year and that the Reverend 
John Cleland was the chaplain in 1839 before his death in the parish and 
his burial was performed by Rev.John McGarvie. On several occasions there 
was no chaplain present and the service was read by parishioners.
 
At the beginning of this decade the information to be recorded on the 
official government supplied forms for each burial was; reference number, 
date of burial, Christian name of the deceased, family name of the deceased, 
age, abode, ship of arrival, quality or profession and officiating 
minister. 
 
For the colonial born their year of birth and parents names are recorded 
in the 'Ship of Arrival' column.
 
Apart from those few entries that have been transcribed, all in data in 
this list, apart from the year of death and the age at death, is the result 
of personal research, in particular the year and ship of arrival have 
been heavily researched outside the parish register.
 
The ages of the deceased range from two months for John Andrew Johnston 
to 96 year for John Kelly although this age is undoubtedly exaggerated. 
One quarter of the deaths (eleven in all) relate to infants who did not 
live past their fifth birthday. 
 
The identity of the deceased at this parish has been discovered in 36 (or 80% of) 
cases during this decade.
 
There were three duplicate entries in this parish's register; Jane 
Duff, George Richmond & David Thompson - all duplicated in St Matthews 
Windsor register.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry 
in the original source document. The reference numbers for Ebenezer Kirk 
continued from the previous decade and run sequentially from 0007 to 0050 
by the end of the decade. 
 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the 
name would be made on List 5 using code "EKPH" from which the date of 
burial would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the 
burial would then be located on this list.

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