Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index

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For Margaret Ross (1863–1943)

Margaret Arklay, Death, 20/03/1943, father Archibald Ross, mother Mary Paterson, 1943/B/60448

Exact date and parents match. A separate registration exists for #18817.

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For Theresa Mary Schultz (1907–1973)

"Theresa Mary | Buhse | Death | 17/08/1973 | August Schultz | Anna Louisa Gorsch | 1973/C/4661"

Index row field values in the index's own column order: given names, family name, record type, date of event, father, mother, registration number. Retrieved 2026-08-29 via the familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au search API. Names her parents, which is what identifies her as Theresa Mary Schultz, and dates her death a year later than the tree had it.

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For Armour William Summerville (1898–1900)

Armour William Summerville | Birth | 21/01/1898 | William Henry Summerville | Annie Agnes Herbert | 1898/C/5583

Confirms tree's existing (correct) birth date for Armour William; no change made to him.

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For Sarah Isabella Lovell (1877–1912)

Sarah Isabella Barrett, Death, 21/07/1912, 1912/B/16123, William Lovell, Isabella Summerville

Queensland historical BDM death index row for Sarah Isabella Barrett (nee Lovell), columns as returned: Name, Event, Date, Registration reference, Father, Mother. Parents William Lovell and Isabella Summerville match the tree's Sarah Isabella Lovell (#557) exactly. This corrects the tree's death date of 10 JUL 1912, which the posthumous_birth detector correctly flagged as preceding her son Ponsonby's registered birth (16 JUL 1912, reg 1912/B/29427); the true death date of 21 JUL 1912 is five days AFTER the birth, consistent with maternal death from childbirth complications, and resolves the contradiction.

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For Christian Frederick Wilhelm Spann (1879–1927)

Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Spann, Birth, 15/04/1879, father Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Spann, mother Auguste Elizabeth Zanof, 1879/C/2343

Exact match to the tree's birth date. Mother Zahnow - a different family from #16326, whose mother was Magdalene Eggert.

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For Johann Nicolaus Heinrich Peters (1845–1927)

Johann Nicolaus Peters, Death, 22/09/1927, father Johann Andres Peters, mother Anna Foss, 1927/C/4599

Exact match to this row's death date and parents. #20500 was born at Colbe, Hesse, married Hermine Seifert at Toowoomba in 1869 and died at Rose Bay NSW in 1918. Two men.

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For Anna Catherine Magdalene Peters (1867–1955)

Anna Catherine Magdalene Harth, Death, 10/10/1955, father John Nicholas Peters, mother Magdalene Kertz, 1955/C/5387

Daughter of Johann Nicolaus Peters and Elizabetha Magdalena Gertz, wife of John Heinrich Harth. #18648 was the daughter of Karsten Peters and Catharina Feind and died an infant in 1870. The index gives 10 Oct 1955 where the tree holds 1 Oct 1955; not changed here.

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For Ebenezer Robert Baines (1865–1901)

Cyril Tuckett Baines Birth 22/12/1897 Robert Ebenezer Baines Frances Tuckett 1898/C/5520 | Gertrude Baines Birth 29/10/1890 Eric Robert Baines Frances Tuckett 1890/C/6714

Two of his children's birth registrations quoted verbatim, pipe-separated: son Cyril's (1898/C/5520) names the father 'Robert Ebenezer Baines'; daughter Gertrude's (1890/C/6714, also on Adelaide's above) names him 'Eric Robert Baines'. Evidences both aka name rows above.

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For Eliza Brown (1865–1866)

Eliza Brown, Birth, 01/04/1865, father John Brown, mother Sarah Ann Manning, 1865/C/842; Death, 19/02/1866, same parents, 1866/C/546

Younger sister, died aged 10 months. Two separate birth registrations to the same parents - Elizabeth (1863) and Eliza (1865) are two daughters, not one.

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For Elizabeth Brown (1863–1931)

Elizabeth Brown, Birth, 13/09/1863, father John Brown, mother Sarah Anne Manning, 1863/C/744

Elder daughter; married Alexander Thornton 1880. Separate registration from her sister Eliza (#1965).

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For Elizabeth Brown (1863–1931)

Elizabeth Thornton, Death, 12/09/1931, father John Brown, mother Sarah Ann Manning, 1931/B/15198

Confirms the tree's existing death date 12 SEP 1931 exactly; parents match her own existing birth citation (father John Brown, mother Sarah Anne Manning, 1863/C/744, citation #37667) exactly.

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For Emily Brown (1866–1946)

Emily Devantier | Death | 01/10/1946 | John Brown | Sarah Ann Manning | 1946/C/5084

No value change — evidences the already-recorded parent link (family 776) with her own death registration; parents match #2007 and #5019 exactly.

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For John Brown (1838–1906)

John Brown, Death, 12/04/1906, father John Brown, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1906/C/1950

The Ipswich John Brown, son of John Alfred Brown and Elizabeth Willmott, husband of Sarah Ann Manning. Distinct from #2011 (below) and from his Dorset brothers #2018, #2019.

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For John Brown (1837–1914)

John Brown, Death, 27/08/1914, father Thomas Brown, mother Helen Brown Leitch, 1914/C/1343

Separate death registration naming different parents (Thomas Brown / Helen Leitch), eight years after #2007's. Two men.

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For Caterina Anna Gertrude Busch (d. 1868)

Heinrich Althaus | Death | 28/08/1950 | 1950/C/3279 | Hermann | Anna Gertrude Busch

Queensland historical BDM index death row, field order: name | event | date | reference | father | mother. Confirms Anna Gertrude Busch as Heinrich Althaus's mother; at his 1856 birth she would have been ~71 if born 9 Jan 1785 as currently recorded - the maternal link stands, the birth date does not.

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For Caterina Anna Gertrude Busch (d. 1868)

Catherine Kreis | Death | 01/08/1959 | 1959/B/33269 | Hermann Althaus | Catharina Busch

Confirms Catharina Busch as mother of Cathrina (Catherine) Kreis nee Althaus, born 1863 - she would have been ~78 if born 1785. Same conclusion: the mother-child link is correct, only the birth date is wrong.

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For Herbert Carseldine (1875–1965)

Herbert Carseldine | Birth | 18/04/1875 | reg 1875/B/18941 | father=Jonathan Carseldine | mother=Mary Wood Buckby

Corroborates existing exact birth date; parents match the tree's existing linked parents (#2266/#2079) exactly.

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For Herbert Carseldine (1875–1965)

Herbert Carseldine | Death | 27/02/1965 | reg 1965/C/149 | father=Jonathan Carseldine | mother=Mary Wood Buckby

Corroborates existing exact death date; same parents confirmed.

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For Herbert James Carseldine (1905–1973)

Herbert James Carseldine | Death | 02/12/1973 | reg 1973/B/46600 | father=Herbert Carseldine | mother=Ellen Thornton

Corroborates the tree's existing exact death date with a registration number and parent confirmation.

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For Kenneth Carseldine (1922–1925)

Kenneth Carseldine | Birth | 14/10/1922 | reg 1922/C/11037 | father=Herbert Carseldine | mother=Ellen Thornton

Corroborates existing exact birth date; parents match tree exactly; matches the headstone's birth date above.

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For Thomas Carseldine (1901–1975)

Thomas Carseldine | Death | 07/07/1975 | reg 1975/C/4733 | father=Herbert Carseldine | mother=Ellen Thornton

Civil registration; corrects tree's prior 8 JUL 1975 by one day.

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For Elizabeth Devantier (1888–1974)

Elizabeth Denman | Death | 03/07/1974 | William Devantier | Emily Brown | 1974/C/4878

No value change — citation upgrade only; matches tree's existing exact death date. Parents exact 'William Devantier' + 'Emily Brown'; married surname Denman matches the 1905 marriage record.

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For Ethel May Devantier (1889–1939)

Ethel May Devantier | Birth | 03/10/1889 | William Devantier | Emily Brown | 1889/C/8849

No value change — citation upgrade only; value already exact and matches. Parents exact 'William Devantier' + 'Emily Brown'.

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For Ethel May Devantier (1889–1939)

Ethel May Payne | Death | 28/02/1939 | William Devantier | Emily Brown | 1939/C/574

Death was previously missing entirely. Parents exact 'William Devantier' + 'Emily Brown'; married surname Payne matches the 1908 marriage record.

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For John Devantier (1895–1896)

John Devantier | Death | 28/01/1896 | Wilhelm Devantier | Emily Brown | 1896/C/3208

Father given in the German form 'Wilhelm Devantier'; matches subject's existing exact birth date (8 SEP 1895) and existing death year (1896).

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For William Devantier (1867–1955)

William Devantier | Death | 15/01/1955 | William | Augusta Neindom | 1955/C/538

No value change — evidences the already-recorded parent link (family 14121) with his own death registration; father's given name 'William' matches #46821's recorded 'Wilhelm'. Mother's name spelled 'Augusta Neindom' here vs tree's 'Auguste Christine Neuendorf' — added as an aka name variant on #46822.

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For William Devantier (1892–1892)

William Devantier | Death | 07/12/1892 | William Devantier | Emily Brown | 1892/C/3245

Parents named exactly 'William Devantier' + 'Emily Brown'; matches subject's existing exact birth date (6 AUG 1892) and existing death year (1892).

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For Carl Fredrich Dieckmann (1851–1933)

Carl Frederick Dieckmann, Death, 20/08/1933, father Charles, mother Emilie Doring, 1933/C/2920

Mother Doring - matches the parents on this row. His son John Friedrich's death (1935/C/354) names Carl Frederick and Fridericka Schmidt, confirming the family.

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For Irskine Dieckmann (1906–1906)

Irskine Dieckmann | Birth | 27/07/1906 | Carl Friedrich Dieckmann | Auguste Louise Fritz | 1906/C/4639

Queensland historical index, birth search on surname Dieckmann / given Irskine, retrieved 2026-08-29. Columns: name | event | date | father | mother | registration number. The only Irskine Dieckmann birth in the index; it names the father as Carl Friedrich Dieckmann, not as a separate Charles. Restored from failed proposal #471.

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For James Dodds (1885–1885)

Name: James Dodds | Event: Death | Date: 17/11/1885 | Reference: 1885/C/4482 | Father: William Dodds | Mother: Eliza Case

Queensland BDM death index. Confirms this person is the infant son of William Dodds & Eliza Case who died 17 Nov 1885 (matches existing DEAT date) - i.e. he cannot be the James Dodds who married Bessie Brown Stalker and fathered a daughter born 1918.

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For Elizabeth Mary Imhoff (1867–1950)

Elizabeth Mary Imhoff, born 21/04/1867, father Phillip Imhoff, mother Caroline Zeyher, 1867/C/563.

Same day and month as the tree, two years later. Both parents match Phillip Imhoff (#4230) and Caroline Friedericka Zeyher (#8270). Her brother Phillip Henry is registered 11/06/1865 to the same couple (1865/C/370), and a third, John David, 12/06/1863 (1863/C/245), so the 50-day sibling gap the queue flagged was her wrong birth year, not a wrong child link.

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For Emelia Anna Katherina Kreis (1887–1947)

Norman William Berderow | Birth | 24/11/1913 | Wilhelm August Berderow | Amelia Anna Katherina Kreis | 1913/C/7348

Her son's birth registration, naming her as Amelia Anna Katherina Kreis — one of the two forms welded into the garbled name row removed by this proposal.

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For Emelia Anna Katherina Kreis (1887–1947)

Ester Amelia Berderow | Birth | 03/04/1912 | Wilhelm August Berderow | Amelia Annie Catherine Kneis | 1912/C/6119

Her daughter Ester Amelia's birth registration, naming her as Amelia Annie Catherine — the second form welded into the garbled row. The surname is registered "Kneis", a slip for Kreis, so only the given-name form is taken as the variant.

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For Frederick Charles Kreis (1892–1960)

Friedrich Charles Kreis | Birth | 31/08/1892 | Johannes Kreis | Auguste Wilhelmine Stumer | 1892/C/9797

His own birth registration, on the date already recorded for him, naming both parents. It spells him Friedrich rather than Frederick — the attested variant added here as an aka.

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For Henry Jacob Kreis (1887–1956)

"Henry Jacob Kreis | Birth | 06/06/1887 | reg 1887/C/7670 | father=Konrad Kreis | mother=Katharina Althaus"

Distinct from Henry Johan Kreis #4572, registered separately as 1889/C/8533, born 23/04/1889 to the same parents. Two brothers, two registrations.

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For Alfred Lack (1907–1970)

Alfred Lack | Birth | 05/08/1907 | George Lack | Emilie Martha Schlierike | 1907/C/2735

Queensland historical birth index, searched 2026-08-29. Columns in the order quoted: Name, Event, Date, Father, Mother, Reference. The father and mother named are persons #4696 and #6706, the couple of family #1873. The certificate itself was not viewed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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For David Thornton (1880–1883)

David Thornton, Birth, 23/05/1880, father Alexander Thornton, mother Elizabeth Brown, 1880/C/6474

Exact date match to tree birth 23 MAY 1880; both parents named exactly.