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Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

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Queensland
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Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
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Free official index. Death rows name BOTH parents, which is what makes it the key to an emigrant's parentage in the country they left. Certificates are purchased separately and were not viewed.

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Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1959/C/4136 · Year 1959 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For James Henry Law (1884–1959)

"James Henry Law | Death | 01/08/1959 | reg 1959/C/4136 | father=James Welsley | mother=Annie Cecelia Pohlman"

Father's name is garbled in this index row ("James Welsley"); mother's name and the exact death date (already on file) match, and no other James Henry Law death is registered that date - same man.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Year 1931 · Volume B · Registration No 15400 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For James Johnston Little (1863–1931)

Little | James Johnston | Death | 30/09/1931 | 1931 | B | 15400 | Robert Little | Margaret Little

Same row cited on the person for parentage. 'Robert Little' supports the tree's father Bert Little #42015 (Bert is a diminutive of Robert); consider whether that stub should be renamed Robert. The mother is entered 'Margaret Little' — her married surname, not a maiden name — so the row neither confirms nor contradicts the tree's Margaret Johnston #42014; the deceased's own middle name Johnston is the tree's separate support for that. No change proposed to either parent.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Year 1900 · Volume C · Registration No 3285 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For James Johnston Little (1899–1900)

Little | James Johnston | Death | 28/03/1900 | 1900 | C | 3285 | James Johnston Little | Alice Tucket

Queensland historical BDM index, one death search-result row; columns as on the birth citation. The mother's name is printed 'Alice Tucket' (one t) in the index — quoted as it stands; she is Alice Tuckett #7731. Contradicts the tree's uncited death date 21 MAR 1900 by seven days.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1926/B/39000 · Year 1926 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Louisa Paulina Maas (1897–1937)

Ernst Wilhelm Berderow | Marriage | 21/01/1926 | Louise Pauline Maas | 1926/B/39000

Evidence for the Louise Pauline spelling added as a variant here. The tree's primary Louisa Paulina is left alone — both are ordinary renderings of the same German name and neither contradicts the other.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1964/C/5451 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Regina Rose Mergard (1919–1964)

Regina Rose Rieck | DEAT | 19/12/1964 | 1964/C/5451 | Wilhelm Mergard | Carolina Burkhardt | surname: Rieck | id: D856875 | refid: afca6895ea815bc972ddee5c110a564f0562a959b4087187cd158abfda48ef8f | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/afca6895ea815bc972ddee5c110a564f0562a959b4087187cd158abfda48ef8f

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1964/C/5451, found while researching #43895 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #5399 (Regina Rose Mergard) by exact date 19/12/1964 (tree 19 DEC 1964) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the deathDate the tree already holds (19 DEC 1964). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Year 1976 · Volume B · Registration No 67061 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For James Galbraith Metcalfe (1891–1976)

Metcalfe | James Galbraith | Death | 25/02/1976 | 1976 | B | 67061 | John Metcalfe | Deborah Metcalf

Same death index row cited on the person as evidence of parentage: father John Metcalfe (#5421), mother Deborah Metcalf (#5409). Columns as on the death-event citation.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Year 1912 · Volume C · Registration No 4206 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For John Metcalfe (1854–1912)

Metcalfe | John | Death | 20/08/1912 | 1912 | C | 4206 | John Metcalfe | Mary Ann Wilson

Same row cited on the person for parentage: both names match the tree's parents exactly — father John Metcalfe #5422 and mother Mary Ann Wilson #8161. He was a Scottish immigrant who arrived in Queensland in 1910 and died there two years later, so this Queensland registration is the only civil record that names his parents.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1890/C/12773 · Year 1890 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Margaret Frances Murray (1890–1925)

Margaret Frances Murray | Birth | 12/06/1890 | 1890/C/12773 | Father: Thomas Hamilton Murray | Mother: Elizabeth Ann Doe Dugdale

Columns: Name | Event | Date | Registration No. | Father | Mother, QLD BDM index birth search (surname Murray, given Margaret, 1890-1892). Confirms parents Thomas Hamilton Murray & Elizabeth Ann Doe Dugdale already on the tree (family #1162); distinguishes #5758 from Margaret Janet Campbell Murray #5759 (review item 4390).

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1892/C/10443 · Year 1892 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Margaret Janet Campbell Murray (1892–1953)

Margaret Janet Campbell Murray | Birth | 25/02/1892 | 1892/C/10443 | Father: John Murray | Mother: Margaret McGavin

Columns: Name | Event | Date | Registration No. | Father | Mother, QLD BDM index birth search (surname Murray, given Margaret, 1890-1892). Confirms parents John Murray & Margaret McGavin already on the tree (family #2066); distinguishes #5759 from Margaret Frances Murray #5758, flagged at review item 4390.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1963/B/60578 · Year 1963 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Marion Jean Stirling Murray (1904–1963)

Marion Jean Stirling Greenhill | Death | 25/08/1963 | Francis Hamilton Murray | Mary Ann Eliza Ryder | 1963/B/60578

Queensland historical death index; columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Registration number. Registered under her married surname; the two parents named are exactly her parents in this tree (#5734, #6613), which is what identifies her.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1916/C/1223 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Mary Julia Lankester Orr (1914–1916)

Mary Julia Lankester Orr | DEAT | 03/02/1916 | 1916/C/1223 | William Arthur Lankester Orr | Marion Campbell Murray | surname: Orr | id: D609366 | refid: dd18266e6fb18d50571b4f9fb744a5a79d062ea5b1c635471a556b096dcbc3eb | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/dd18266e6fb18d50571b4f9fb744a5a79d062ea5b1c635471a556b096dcbc3eb

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1916/C/1223, found while researching #54725 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #5986 (Mary Julia Lankester Orr) by exact date 03/02/1916 (tree 3 FEB 1916) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the deathDate the tree already holds (3 FEB 1916). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1924/B/85960 · Year 1924 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Eric Ivan Pacholke (b. 1924)

"Eric Ivan Pacholke | Birth | 04/06/1924 | reg 1924/B/85960 | father=Albert Alexander Pacholke | mother=Gladys Maud Mona Goodwin"

QLD historical BDM index confirms existing birth date and parents. Distinct from Eric John Pacholke #26952 (reg 1926/C/13538, father John Henry Pacholke, mother Ethel Trimingham) - different parents.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1932/C/2742 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Catherine Patrick (1844–1932)

Catherine Springall | DEAT | 14/07/1932 | 1932/C/2742 | William Patrick | Catherine Burr | surname: Springall | id: D661125 | refid: 38fd80a5ee0fac56f7a7e25eadb98e4390cfcbdb2017402c4090117bf0a03e73 | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/38fd80a5ee0fac56f7a7e25eadb98e4390cfcbdb2017402c4090117bf0a03e73

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1932/C/2742, found while researching #3274 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #6077 (Catherine Patrick) by exact date 14/07/1932 (tree 14 JUL 1932) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the deathDate the tree already holds (14 JUL 1932). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1958/C/3272 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Magdalena Pfeffer (1884–1958)

Magdalena Dieckmann | DEAT | 17/07/1958 | 1958/C/3272 | Francis Victor Pfeffer | Friedricke Christine Schulz | surname: Dieckmann | id: D1166490 | refid: 71dd9b49eaa53c68739b2e57ee6d4905f03cd6f5ca2ba2007ac96eb23fbf38fd | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/71dd9b49eaa53c68739b2e57ee6d4905f03cd6f5ca2ba2007ac96eb23fbf38fd

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1958/C/3272, found while researching #12903 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #6251 (Magdalena Pfeffer) by both parents Francis Victor Pfeffer & Friedricke Christine Schulz (tree Francis Victor Pfeffer & Friedricke Christine Schulz) and the DEAT year 1958 (strong match, parent_name). The tree's DEAT event exists (1958): cited only; refine the event from this row by hand. Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1962/B/50939 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Jane Hastie Rennie (1874–1962)

Jane Hastie Springall | DEAT | 19/04/1962 | 1962/B/50939 | Robert Rennie | Mary Hastie | surname: Springall | id: D1114657 | refid: b510441e0a0f65fa44724511559da9ff77d99a32cd60606dd572435768c9e4d4 | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/b510441e0a0f65fa44724511559da9ff77d99a32cd60606dd572435768c9e4d4

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1962/B/50939, found while researching #3274 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #6440 (Jane Hastie Rennie) by exact date 19/04/1962 (tree 19 APR 1962) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the deathDate the tree already holds (19 APR 1962). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1909/C/4386 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Fernnand William Charles Rieck (1909–1974)

Fernnand William Charles Rieck | BIRT | 07/09/1909 | 1909/C/4386 | Albert Rieck | Annie Maria Petersen | surname: Rieck | id: B2043274 | refid: 29de49566fe84bfded176f5807430a7f64373133ac8031a9bda12e9c4157bf93 | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/29de49566fe84bfded176f5807430a7f64373133ac8031a9bda12e9c4157bf93

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) BIRT index row, reference 1909/C/4386, found while researching #6479 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #6467 (Fernnand William Charles Rieck) by exact date 07/09/1909 (tree 7 SEP 1909) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the birthDate the tree already holds (7 SEP 1909). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1939/C/3205 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Mavis Rieck (d. 1939)

Mavis Rieck | DEAT | 04/07/1939 | 1939/C/3205 | Albert | Vera Sheppard | surname: Rieck | id: D1035625 | refid: c3195644bd2b4860aef9eb1ea61e3b1df2cb2bf6a7be39138dc04dcdec38b63b | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/c3195644bd2b4860aef9eb1ea61e3b1df2cb2bf6a7be39138dc04dcdec38b63b

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1939/C/3205, found while researching #46841 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #6479 (Mavis Rieck) by both parents Albert & Vera Sheppard (tree Albert Rieck & Vera Sheppard) and the DEAT year 1939 (strong match, parent_name). The tree's DEAT event exists (1939): cited only; refine the event from this row by hand. Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1887/C/2180 · Year 1887 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Unnamed Rowland (1887–1887)

Name: Unnamed (F) Rowland | Event: Death | Date: 15/10/1887 | Reference: 1887/C/2180 | Father: Hugh Rowland | Mother: Jane Brown

QLD BDM index row (columns: name, event, date DD/MM/YYYY, reference, father, mother). Date and both parents match this infant.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1888/C/6494 · Year 1888 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Unnamed Rowland (1888–1888)

Name: Unnamed (F) Rowland | Event: Birth | Date: 13/09/1888 | Reference: 1888/C/6494 | Father: Hugh Rowland | Mother: Jane Brown

QLD BDM online index row (columns: name, event, date DD/MM/YYYY, registration reference, father, mother). Confirms this infant female and distinct from the sibling born 26 Jun 1889 (ref 1889/C/6711).

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1889/C/2940 · Year 1889 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Unnamed Rowland (1889–1889)

Name: Unnamed (F) Rowland | Event: Death | Date: 26/06/1889 | Reference: 1889/C/2940 | Father: Hugh Rowland | Mother: Jane Browne

Died same day as birth; own distinct registration number — proves a second infant, not a duplicate of the 1888 birth/death.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1928/C/2739 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Emilie Schmaling (1870–1928)

Death registration: Amelia Stallman, 10/09/1928, mother Auguste Habermann, father Johann Schmaling.

Born Schmaling; a different Amelia Stallman from Amelia Brown (proposal #2732, d.1962). No marriage record identifying her Stallman husband was found; possibly related to Emilie Schmaling (William Stallman's wife, proposal #2730).

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1897/C/8509 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Sarah Ann Schmidt (1897–1976)

Name: Sarah Ann Schmidt | Event: Birth | Date: 01/02/1897 | Father: Wilhelm Schmidt | Mother: Sarah Spann | Reference: 1897/C/8509

Queensland historical BDM index birth search, parents Wilhelm Schmidt/Sarah Spann.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1976/C/7083 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Sarah Ann Schmidt (1897–1976)

Name: Sarah Ann Profke | Event: Death | Date: 09/12/1976 | Father: William Christian Schmidt | Mother: Sarah Spann | Reference: 1976/C/7083

Queensland historical BDM index death search under her married name Profke, matched on exact parents.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1924/C/563 · Year 1924 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Wilhelm Friedrich Schmidt (1850–1924)

Wilhelm Friedrich Schmidt, Death, 01/02/1924, Christian Schmidt, -, 1924/C/563

Queensland historical index, deaths search. Columns: Name, Event, Date, Father, Mother (blank in this row), Registration reference. Matches the tree's existing death date (1 FEB 1924) and gives his father's name for the first time: Christian Schmidt (mother not given in this record). Wilhelm Friedrich Schmidt #6730 married Wilhelmine Primnitz (family 2320, no QLD BDM marriage record found) and had son Wilhelm Christian Schmidt (b.1872 Prussia) -- distinct wife and child from Wilhelm Carl Schmidt #19045 (dup_person item 4410).

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1914/C/10393 · Year 1914 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Caroline Smith (1915–1943)

Name: Caroline Smith | Event: Birth | Date: 30/07/1914 | Father: John Henry Tarver Smith | Mother: Mary Inch | Reference: 1914/C/10393

QLD BDM birth index. Only Caroline Smith registered to father John Henry Tarver Smith 1912-1917. Mother's name transcribed 'Inch'; almost certainly a digitisation misread of 'Lynch' (confirmed correct on the 1943 death registration below) given the exact, distinctive match on the father's full name.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1943/C/1819 · Year 1943 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Caroline Smith (1915–1943)

Name: Caroline Gunn | Event: Death | Date: 13/03/1943 | Father: John Henry Tarver Smith | Mother: Mary Lynch | Reference: 1943/C/1819

QLD BDM death index. Matches the tree's existing death date and married surname (Gunn) exactly; parents match family 1957 exactly, settling that this married/died Caroline is the daughter registered born 1914.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1907/C/4934 · Year 1907 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Christopher Staines (1907–1940)

Christopher Staines Birth 26/09/1907 Sydney Henry Staines Sophie Louisa Stoltmann 1907/C/4934

Father 'Sydney Henry Staines' is a distinctive exact match; mother spelled 'Sophie Louisa Stoltmann' on this row, almost certainly a registrar mis-spelling of Stallmann/Stallman, the spelling on all seven other children's registrations.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1203 · Year 1863 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For August Stallman (1863–1943)

Birth registration: August Stallman, 13/05/1863, mother Sophia Ahrens, father Christian Stallman.

This Christian Stallman cannot be the Christian Stallmann (b.1858) already in the tree, who would have been only 5 years old in 1863 — a distinct, older man, probably an elder brother of the b.1858 Christian, both apparently sons of John Stallman.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1905/C/980 · Year 1905 Primary

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index · Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For Louisa Stallman (1869–1905)

Louisa Brown, death 17/10/1905, father Christian Stallman, mother Sophia Ahrens, 1905/C/980.

The death registration names both her parents, matching Johann Christian Heinrich Wilhelm Stallmann and Johanna Sophia Ahrens exactly, and gives the year as 1905, not 1901. The Australian Cemeteries Index transcription of the Allora headstone reads 17 Oct 1901 age 37; the day and month agree and the year does not, and the transcribed age (37) does not fit her 1869 birth either. The register is preferred.