BAPTISMS - ST JOSEPHS MAITLAND

 
 
There were 429 baptisms performed at St Josephs Maitland during the 
decade, although 19 refer to adults born before 1831, plus 101 performed 
after 1840 for children born between the years 1831 and 1840 (the first 
baptism was performed on the 5th October 1835). 
 
The information recorded for each baptism includes: 
 
 date of baptism 
 date of birth
 child's Christian name
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name 
 father's year & ship of arrival in the colony 
 father's status upon arrival in the colony 
 mother's maiden name
 mother's Christian name
 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 
 child's place of birth
 father's quality or profession 
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
Father's year & ship of arrival in the colony, father's status upon arrival 
in the colony , mother's maiden name, mother's Christian name, 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, information which makes this work so valuable for family historians.
 
In the church register the mother's maiden name is only recorded when the birth 
is illegitimate, but again through personal research the maiden name of 
many of the married women has been discovered as well.
 
Like many of the Roman Catholic parishes was more than one source for the 
original bapismal information. As a result the reference numbers are neither
comprehensive nor sequential. For the post 1840 entreis the State Archive
numbering system has been retained.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then 
alphabetically by father's surname. 
 
The Reverend Father James Watkins was the first chaplain but he only stayed until 
mid 1836 to be replaced by the Reverend Christopher Vincent Dowling who in turn 
was replaced by the Reverend Father John Thomas Lynch in 1838 and finally the 
Revrend Father Edmund Mahony took over in 1840. The Reverends - Flanagan and Francis 
Murphy also preformed a couple of baptisms during the decade. (It should be noted 
that in quite a few entries the officiating minister is not recorded).
 
As 60% of the parents remain unknown for this parish no meaningful anylysis of
their civil status can be made. But of the 40% identified more than half were
convicts or former convicts.
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, ninety eight (19%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
There were forty six baptisms in the State Archives Pioneer Series file which 
have no entry on this parish register. Such a large number suggests that
another primary source of baptismal data may have been missed. These are 
identified with the percent sign (%). 
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SJMR" on Lists 1 & 2. To 
locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name would 
be made on List 1 or 2 from which the date of baptism would be retrieved, secondly 
using the appropriate date, 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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