BAPTISMS - HEBREW TEMPLES

 
 
This list records 11 Hewbrew temples all established after 1830, 
which recorded 'baptisms' for children born between 1831 and 1840. When 
combined these temples totalled 200 'baptisms', although two refer to 
children born before 1831, and 11 were performed after 1840. Sadly, to date 
the 'baptismal' registers of all, except for two (Penrith Israelite Temple 
& Liverpool Israelite Temple) are yet to be transcribed. In their absence an 
alternative source of information is the State Archive Pioneer Series of 
births. 
 
The temples listed are as follows, arranged by date of establishment:
 
 13 Mar 1835: Penrith Israelite Temple {PENI}
 Jan 1845: Liverpool Israelite Temple {LIVI}
 
 1832: New South Wales Israelite Temple {NSWI}
 1832: Sydney Hebrew Temple {SYDH}
 1834: Maitland Hebrew Temple {MAIT} 
 1835: Port Macquarie Hebrew Temple {PORT}
  1836: Illawarra Hebrew Temple {ILLH} 
 1836: Windsor Hebrew Temple {WIND} 
 1836: Parramatta Hebrew Temple {PARR}
 1837: Singleton Hebrew Temple {SING} 
 1837: Bungonia; Goulburn Hebrew Temple {BG-H} 
 
For the two temples whose registers have been transcribed the information 
recorded is as follows:
 
 date of baptism 
 date of birth
 child's Christian name(s)
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name(s) 
 father's year & ship of arrival in the colony 
 father's status upon arrival in the colony 
 mother's maiden name (for illegitimate births only)
 mother's Christian name(s)
 mother's year & ship of arrival in the colony
 mother's status upon arrival in the colony
 parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' marital status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' year & country/church of marriage where applicable 
 abode
 fathers quality or profession 
 reference number
 
The 'officiating minister' does not appear to have been recorded.
 
Father's year & ship of arrival in the colony, father's status upon arrival in the colony,
mother's year & ship of arrival in the colony, mother's status upon arrival in the colony, 
parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth, parents' marital status 
at the time of the child's birth, parents' year & country/church of marriage 
where applicable are all value added details resulting from extensive personal 
research, all information which makes this work so valuable for family historians.
 
In the temple register the mother's maiden name is only recorded when the birth 
is illegitimate, but again through personal research the maiden name of the 
married women has been discovered as well.
 
The list is presented in temple order as per the list above then chronological 
within each temple.
 
For the remaining nine temples regrettably the State Archive records contain 
less information than the temple register, just seven items:
 
 year of birth
 child's Christian name(s)
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name(s) 
 mother's maiden name (for illegitimate births only)
 mother's Christian name(s)
 reference number
 
Unlike the Anglican parishes, the reference number gives no indication 
as to the year of baptism. However following the sequence of the reference 
order numbers a reasonable estimate can be made for all but eleven entries.
 
The list is presented in temple order as per the list above then by reference 
number within each temple.
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, none of the births appear to be illegitimate.
 
Baptisms relating to births prior to 1831 are indicated with a hash sign 
(#), duplicate baptisms are indicated with an asterix (*) and baptisms for 
children born at sea with a percent sign (%).
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. 
 
Entries on this list have one of the reference identifiers as listed above. 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the 
name would be made on Lists 1 or 2 from which the date of 'baptism' (or reference 
number) would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate temple & date 
(or reference number), the 'baptism' would be located on this list and finally 
an alphabetical search on the name would be made on the baptismal date if there 
should be more than one entry for that date. 

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