BAPTISMS - ST MICHAELS: DAPTO; ILLAWARRA; WOLLONGONG

 
 
There were 153 baptisms performed at St Michaels during the decade,
plus 26 performed after 1840 for children born between the years 1831 
and 1840. The first baptism was performed on the 23rd March 1834 by 
the Rev.Wilkinson. 
 
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 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.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then by reference
number. The records in the register are not always in strict chronological order 
but this has been corrected in this work.
 
The Rev.Frederick W Wilkinson was appointed as the first chaplain in 1834 and 
remained until the end of 1836 when Rev.Matthew Devenish Meares took over and
he remainded until 1858.
 
With regard to the fathers only 63% have been identified. 
 
Just seven were colonial born plus six were childhood arrivals, combined making up 
8% of the total; 50 were convicts or former convicts (28%), 29 arrived free in the 
colony (16%) and 18 were in the military (10%).
 
With regard to the mothers only 66% have been identified. 
 
Twenty five were colonial born plus two were childhood arrivals, combined making up 
15% of the total; 31 were convicts or former convicts (18%) and 58 arrived free 
in the colony (33%). There was one aboriginal mother.
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, eleven (6%) of the births were 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. The numbering system commencing at 0001 ran to 0882 
by the end of 1838. The numbers were re-intialized in 1839, running from B1001 to
B072 by the decade. (The numbers 0022 and B022 were omitted). Two entries were duplicated.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SMWO" on Lists 1 & 2. 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 reference number would be retrieved, 
secondly using the appropriate number, the entry would be located.

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