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Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index

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

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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 1894/C/8800 Β· Year 1894 Primary

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

For Richard Stark (1894–1960)

Richard Stark | Birth | 11/08/1894 | Carl August Stark | Johanne Emilie Henriette Hubner | 1894/C/8800

Queensland historical BDM index, columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference. Matches the tree's 11 AUG 1894 exactly.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1950/C/3234 Β· Year 1950 Secondary

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

For Auguste Wilhelmine Stumer (1853–1950)

Auguste Wilhelmine Kreis, Death, 06/08/1950, father Christian Stumer, mother Justine Meisner, 1950/C/3234

Exact date, married name and parents match. She married Johannes Kreis at Haigslea in 1883 and died at Ipswich in 1950; her sister #7506 married Adolph Rieck at Ipswich in 1872 and died at Gin Gin in 1932. Same parents and the same recorded birth day of 21 Feb 1853 (they may be twins), but two marriages and two deaths eighteen years apart - two women, not one.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1961/C/586 Β· Year 1961 Secondary

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

For Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Stumer (1876–1961)

Wilhelm Frederick Otto Stumer, Death, 12/01/1961, father Frederick Martin, mother Emelie Zabel, 1961/C/586

Exact date and parents match. #8828 was born at Brandenberg in Germany in 1878 to Wilhelm August Ferdinand Stumer and Ernestine Bulgis, reached Brisbane in 1881 and died at Dugandan in 1910 - fifty-one years earlier, to different parents and a different wife. Two men.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1857/C/799 Β· Year 1857 Primary

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

For Alexander Thornton (1856–1904)

Alexander Thornton, Birth, 18/11/1856, father Thomas Thornton, mother Mary Jane McCrackenson, 1857/C/799

Exact date match to tree birth 18 NOV 1856. Parents named identically (Thomas/Thomas Henry Thornton + Mary Jane McCrackenson/McCrackinson) to his own death registration 48 years later (see the DEAT citation below) -- the evidence for the family.addChild op below.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1904/C/370 Β· Year 1904 Primary

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

For Alexander Thornton (1856–1904)

Alexander Thornton, Death, 06/04/1904, father Thomas Henry Thornton, mother Mary Jane McCrackinson, 1904/C/370

Only one 'Alexander Thornton' death appears in the QLD index 1880-1935; parents match his own birth registration above exactly (allowing for Thomas/Thomas Henry and McCrackenson/McCrackinson spelling), independently cementing the parent link. Index date (6 Apr 1904) is 1 day before the tree's existing uncited death date (7 Apr 1904) -- attached as corroborating evidence only; NOT overwriting the date, flagged for human review of which day is correct.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1883/C/3535 Β· Year 1883 Primary

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

For David Thornton (1880–1883)

David Thornton, Death, 17/01/1883, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1883/C/3535

Confirms the tree's existing death date 17 JAN 1883 exactly (the infant who died aged 2); both parents named exactly, consistent with his own 1880 birth registration.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1881/C/4914 Β· Year 1881 Primary

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

For Ellen Thornton (1881–1943)

Ellen Thornton | Birth | 05/09/1881 | reg 1881/C/4914 | father=Alexander Thornton | mother=Elizabeth Browne

Corroborates existing exact birth date; parents match the tree's existing linked parents (#7666/#1969) exactly. This row spells the mother 'Browne'; her own death registration (quoted separately) spells it 'Brown' -- an attested spelling variant on Elizabeth Brown/Browne herself, not on Ellen.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1943/C/155 Β· Year 1943 Primary

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

For Ellen Thornton (1881–1943)

Ellen Carseldine | Death | 21/02/1943 | reg 1943/C/155 | father=Alexander Thornton | mother=Elizabeth Brown

Corroborates existing exact death date; same parents confirmed.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1881/C/4914 Β· Year 1881 Primary

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

For Ellen Thornton (1881–1943)

Ellen Thornton, Birth, 05/09/1881, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Browne, 1881/C/4914

Exact date match to tree birth 5 SEP 1881; father matches exactly, mother's registered spelling is 'Browne'.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1968/C/3542 Β· Year 1968 Primary

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

For George Thornton (1888–1968)

George Thornton, Death, 26/06/1968, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1968/C/3542

Both parents named exactly, identity certain. Index date (26 Jun 1968) is 3 days after the tree's existing uncited date (23 Jun 1968) -- attached as corroborating evidence only; NOT overwriting the date, flagged for human review of which day is correct.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1965/C/3202 Β· Year 1965 Primary

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

For Henry Thornton (1887–1965)

Henry Thornton, Death, 08/07/1965, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1965/C/3202

Confirms the tree's existing death date 8 JUL 1965 exactly; both parents named exactly.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1885/C/1235 Β· Year 1885 Primary

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

For John Alexander Thornton (1885–1962)

John Alexander Thornton, Birth, 18/10/1885, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1885/C/1235

Exact date match to tree birth 18 OCT 1885; both parents and the full triple given name match.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1962/C/3210 Β· Year 1962 Primary

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

For John Alexander Thornton (1885–1962)

John Alexander Thornton, Death, 07/08/1962, father Alexander, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1962/C/3210

Both parents named exactly (father given-name only), identity certain via the full triple given name. Index date (7 Aug 1962) is 1 day after the tree's existing uncited date (6 Aug 1962) -- attached as corroborating evidence only; NOT overwriting the date, flagged for human review of which day is correct.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1890/C/1436 Β· Year 1890 Primary

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

For Mary Jane Thornton (1890–1955)

Mary Jane Thornton, Birth, 02/02/1890, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1890/C/1436

Exact date match to tree birth 2 FEB 1890; both parents named exactly. Independently matches the 'BDM Birth Reg C1436/1890' field on her own austcem headstone record -- see the Eaton-family proposal.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1906/C/273 Β· Year 1906 Primary

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

For Ruth Thornton (1884–1973)

Samuel Richard Harris | Marriage | 04/07/1906 | reg 1906/C/273 | spouse=Ruth Thornton

Mirrors the marriage-registration citation above onto the wife, Ruth Thornton (#7678), for the same event.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1884/C/6303 Β· Year 1884 Primary

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

For Ruth Thornton (1884–1973)

Ruth Thornton, Birth, 08/06/1884, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Browne, 1884/C/6303

Exact date match to tree birth 8 JUN 1884; father matches exactly, mother's registered spelling is 'Browne'.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1883/C/5749 Β· Year 1883 Primary

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

For Thomas Thornton (1883–1964)

Thomas Thornton, Birth, 15/02/1883, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Browne, 1883/C/5749

Exact date match to tree birth 15 FEB 1883; father matches exactly, mother's registered spelling is 'Browne'.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1964/C/3410 Β· Year 1964 Primary

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

For Thomas Thornton (1883–1964)

Thomas Thornton, Death, 08/08/1964, father Alexander, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1964/C/3410

Confirms the tree's existing death date 8 AUG 1964 exactly; mother named exactly, father given-name only on this row but consistent.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1965/C/3268 Β· Year 1965 Primary

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

For Walter Thornton (1901–1965)

Walter Thornton, Death, 19/09/1965, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1965/C/3268

Death date previously missing entirely; both parents named exactly, matching his own exact-dated 1901 birth registration.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Year 1919 Β· Volume B Β· Registration No 29344 Primary

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

For Alice Tuckett (1872–1919)

Little | Alice | Death | 09/05/1919 | 1919 | B | 29344 | Aaron Tuckett | Frances Butler

Queensland historical BDM index, one death search-result row. Field values in the index's own order: family name | given name(s) | record type | date of death | registration year | registration type | registration number | father's name | mother's name. Indexed under her married surname Little. Identified by both parents' names, which match the tree exactly. Contradicts the tree's uncited 9 MAY 1915.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1873/C/1203 Β· Year 1873 Primary

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

For Frances Tuckett (1873–1950)

name: Frances Tuckett; event: Birth; date: 09/03/1873; reference: 1873/C/1203; father: Aaron Tuckett; mother: Frances Buttler

Existing tree birth date (9 MAR 1873) was uncited; parents match family 860 (Buttler = registrar spelling of Butler).

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1950/C/3265 Β· Year 1950 Primary

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

For Frances Tuckett (1873–1950)

name: Frances Titmarsh; event: Death; date: 07/08/1950; reference: 1950/C/3265; father: Aaron Tuckett; mother: Frances Buttler

Existing tree death date (7 AUG 1950) was uncited; parents match family 860 exactly.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1942/C/1970 Β· Year 1942 Primary

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

For Mary Alice Flannery (d. 1944)

Leslie William Kreis | Marriage | 09/05/1942 | Mary Alice Flannery | 1942/C/1970

Queensland historical BDM marriage index row, quoted in the index's own column order: Name | Event | Date | Spouse | Reference. The bride field gives her maiden surname.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1978/C/3295 Β· Year 1978 Primary

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

For Mary Alice Flannery (d. 1944)

Mary Alice Kreis | Death | 25/05/1978 | John Flannery | Margaret Dillon | 1978/C/3295

Queensland historical BDM death index row, quoted in the index's own column order: Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference. Corroborates the maiden surname: her father is John Flannery. Also contradicts the tree's 1944 death year for this person β€” see the proposal note.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index 1923/C/1644 Primary

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

For Louise Auguste Wolff (1843–1923)

Louise Auguste Krause | DEAT | 30/05/1923 | 1923/C/1644 | - Wolff | - Wolff | surname: Krause | id: D864137 | refid: 40e54c397302328a5b6f1d5f93163283bca3c90326943069e2b239c63d26588d | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/40e54c397302328a5b6f1d5f93163283bca3c90326943069e2b239c63d26588d

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1923/C/1644, found while researching #26133 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #8188 (Louise Auguste Wolff) by exact date 30/05/1923 (tree 30 MAY 1923) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the deathDate the tree already holds (30 MAY 1923). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1875/B/19188 Primary

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

For Paul Otto Peters (1875–1939)

Name: Paul Otto Peters | Event: Birth | Date: 25/05/1875 | Reference: 1875/B/19188 | Father: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters | Mother: Auguste Wilhelmine Strohfeldt

Queensland historical BDM index (familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au), searched via genealogy-cli qld-bdm, retrieved 2026-09-03; query surname Peters, given Paul, mother Auguste. Columns as printed: registrant name | event type | event date (DD/MM/YYYY) | registration reference | father | mother. Parents match the tree's Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters + Auguste Fredericke Wilhelmine Strohfeldt (family 5667) closely enough (index commonly reorders/drops middle names) to identify this as the same Paul Otto Peters. Registered date is 25 MAY 1875, not the tree's 25 APR 1875.

Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1907/C/8874 Β· Year 1907 Primary

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

For Edward Peters (1907–1948)

Edward Peters | Birth | 31/01/1907 | 1907/C/8874 | Father: Paul Otto Peters | Mother: Therese Anna Tillack

Refines the birth date (tree held year only) and confirms parentage; distinguishes this Edward from Edward Leslie Peters #19542 (different parents).