Queensland historical birth, death and marriage index

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

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 Ernestine Emilie Schafer (1843–1886)

Anna Ernestine Emilie Buhse | Birth | 06/07/1886 | Carl Ludwig Friederich Buhse | Ernestine Emilie Lange | 1886/C/7179

Queensland BDM birth index row, columns: name, event, date, father, mother, registration. The mother column names Ernestine Emilie (Lange), wife of Carl Ludwig Friederich Buhse; the same mother is named on the rows for Maria Emilie 1885/C/6602 and Fritz Ludwig Hermann 1883/C/5826. A woman named as a child's mother is female. Rows retrieved this session with gen qld-bdm.

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For Ernestine Emilie Schafer (1843–1886)

Ernestine Emilie Buhse | Death | 20/08/1886 | Wilhelm Schafer | Luise Lange | 1886/C/3163

Queensland BDM death index row (columns: name, event, date, father, mother, registration): same date as the tree death (20 Aug 1886) and both parents match #11864 Wilhelm Schafer and #11865 Luise Lange, so this is #252 under her married surname.

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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 Robert Frederick Buhse (1914–1961)

Robert Frederick Buhse | Birth | 29/07/1914 | Karl Friedrich Adolph Buhse | Martha Feeney | 1914/C/6919

Queensland historical birth index row, same column order as above. Confirms Robert Frederick Buhse #292's parents (already recorded) and refines his birth date from the year-only 1914 on file to the exact registered date.

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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 Stanley Summerville (1892–1896)

Stanley Summerville | Birth | 06/03/1892 | Robert Summerville | Agnes Woollett | 1892/C/6275

Queensland historical BDM index, columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference (via genealogy-cli qld-bdm). Corrects the birth date and identifies his real parents.

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For Stanley Summerville (1892–1896)

Stanley Summerville | Death | 19/05/1896 | Robert Summerville | Agnes Woolett | 1896/C/3239

Death registration (date matches the tree's existing death date) naming the same parents as the birth registration - proving he is not a child of William Henry Summerville & Annie Agnes Herbert.

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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 Robert Thompson Summerville (1855–1926)

Robert Summerville | Death | 24/12/1926 | Samuel Summerville | Elizabeth Thompson | 1927/B/325

Hard discriminator identifying #633 as this "Robert Summerville": exact death date (24 Dec 1926) and parents (Samuel Summerville & Elizabeth Thompson) match #633's existing record precisely.

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For Christopher White (1887–1968)

Christoph White | Birth | 07/06/1887 | 1887/C/2326 | Edward Joseph White | Christiana Catherine Miller

Queensland historical birth index row, retrieved 2026-09-18 (independently re-verified by the skeptic reviewer); columns in the index's own order: name, event, date, registration reference, father, mother. Matches person #763's recorded birth date (7 JUN 1887) and parents (family 215) exactly. Only one such registration exists in the index, confirming #8064 'Christoph White' (same parents, birth year 1887, no other data) is a duplicate GEDCOM entry for this same child, not a second son.

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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 Henry George Peters (1909–1976)

Henry George Peters | Birth | 02/10/1909 | 1909/C/11661 | William Detlef Fredereick Peters | Elizabeth Handford

Queensland historical BDM index row, field order: name | event | date | reference | father | mother. Confirms #1109's parents match the tree (Wilhelm Detlef Frederick Peters x Elizabeth Handford) and his exact birth date already held. Distinguishes him from Henry Zornig Peters #19519, whose father was August Henry Peters.

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For William John Frederick Peters (1899–1968)

William John Frederick Peters | Birth | 23/08/1899 | 1899/C/2991 | William Detlef Frederick Peters | Elizabeth Handford

Queensland historical BDM index row, field order: name | event | date | reference | father | mother. Confirms #1115's parents match the tree (Wilhelm Detlef Frederick Peters x Elizabeth Handford, same couple as his brother Henry George Peters #1109) and his exact birth date already held. Distinct from William Gustave Peters #8378 and William Henry Peters #1217 below, whose own birth registrations name different fathers.

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For George John Henry Peters (1898–1919)

George John Henry Peters | Birth | 29/10/1898 | 1898/C/3137 | Father: Johann Nicolaus Heinrich Peters | Mother: Anna Maria Wilhelmine Weick

Index row fields in order: name, event, date, registration reference, father, mother. Own birth registration for George John Henry Peters; matches the birth date already on file exactly, and the parents match family 334 (Johann Nicolaus Heinrich Peters x Anna Maria Wilhelmina Wieck).

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For George John Henry Peters (1898–1919)

George John Henry Peters | Death | 22/09/1919 | 1919/B/30421 | Father: Johann Nicolaus Henrich Peters | Mother: Anna Maria Wilhelmina Wieck

Index row fields in order: name, event, date, registration reference, father, mother. Own death registration, refining the year-only death date on file (1919) to the exact registered date and confirming he is distinct from his cousin George Norman Peters #18695 (different parents, died 1974 not 1919).

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For William Henry Peters (1901–1960)

William Henry Peters | Birth | 12/02/1901 | 1901/C/2823 | Emil Claudius Johannes Peters | Anna Lousia Frederica Epple

Queensland historical BDM index row, field order: name | event | date | reference | father | mother. Confirms #1217's parents match the tree (Claudius Emil Johannes Peters x Anna Louisa Fredericka Epple) and his exact birth date already held - distinct from #1115 and #8378.

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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 August Henry Berderow (1920–1974)

August Henry Berderow | Death | 19/08/1974 | 1974/C/5023 | Father: Wilhelm August Berderow | Mother: Emily Anna Katharina Kreis

Confirms the parents already recorded in the tree (Wilhelm August Berderow, Emelia Anna Katherina Kreis).

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For Wilhelm August Berderow (1888–1965)

"Wilhelm August Berderow | Birth | 19/11/1888 | reg 1888/C/6568 | father=Wilhelm Johann Berderow | mother=Anna Maria Elizabeth Lorengel"

Queensland historical BDM index row (columns: Name | Event | Date | Registration | Father | Mother). Matches this person's recorded birth date exactly. Parents match #1754/#4907. Distinct from #1755 (Wilhelm Johann Berderow), reportedly born 1887 and died at sea in 1888 before this registration - no QLD birth/death record exists for #1755, consistent with an overseas birth and a death outside Queensland's jurisdiction.

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For Amelia Brown (1873–1962)

Death registration: Amelia Stallman, 22/11/1962, mother Sarah Ann Manning, father John Brown.

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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 Ellen Brown (1873–1948)

Ellen Brown, Birth, 16/09/1873, father John Brown, mother Elizabeth Beckett, 1873/C/3771

Index row (columns: name, event, date, reference, father, mother). Confirms the tree's existing birth date 16 SEP 1873 and both parents exactly. Distinguishes this Ellen Brown from Ellen Brown #1972 (English family) and Ellen Caven Brown #1977 (Victorian family), both flagged as possible duplicates by the review queue.

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For Ellen Brown (1873–1948)

Ellen Brown, Death, 09/12/1948, father John, mother Elizabeth Beckett, 1948/B/19953

Index row. Confirms the tree's existing death date 9 DEC 1948 and both parents exactly. The tree's DEAT event summary previously read '1948/C19953' -- the index's actual reference is 1948/B/19953 (B not C); corrected by the event.update in this proposal.

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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 James Brown (1856–1937)

James Brown, Death, 15/11/1937, father James, mother Margaret Skully, 1937/C/4222

Index row. Confirms the tree's existing death date 15 NOV 1937 exactly; parents James Brown and Margaret Skully match the tree's James Brown x Margaret Scully (familyId 789, 'Skully' a plausible index misreading of 'Scully'). Distinguishes James Brown #1999 from James Leitch Brown #2002, flagged as a possible duplicate.

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For James Leitch Brown (1858–1912)

James Leach Brown, Death, 22/03/1912, father Thomas Brown, mother Ellen Leach, 1912/C/4349

Index row. Confirms the tree's existing death date 22 MAR 1912 exactly. Father 'Thomas Brown' matches the tree's Thomas Brown #2051 exactly; mother 'Ellen Leach' is a plausible index transcription of Helen Leitch #4789 (the tree's recorded mother) -- the same row also transcribes the deceased's own recorded middle name 'Leitch' as 'Leach' ('James Leach Brown'), showing the identical substitution happening twice in one entry. Distinguishes James Leitch Brown #2002 from James Brown #1999, flagged as a possible duplicate.

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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 Elizabeth Ann Burgess (1828–1871)

Eliza Nunn, Death, 25/12/1871, father William Burgess, mother -, 1872/C/67

Matches Elizabeth Ann Burgess's death on 25 December 1871 at Copperfield and gives her father as William Burgess.

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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 Clarence Roy Dieckmann (1899–1931)

Clarence Roy Dieckmann | BIRT | 26/04/1899 | 1899/C/8510 | Charles Dieckmann | Annie Elizabeth Krueger | surname: Dieckmann | id: B1348460 | refid: 720effaa68a673b1b2a761d602c75dcd63cf976abe1a154893952a5a9307faa3 | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/720effaa68a673b1b2a761d602c75dcd63cf976abe1a154893952a5a9307faa3

Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) BIRT index row, reference 1899/C/8510, found while researching #12868 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #2676 (Clarence Roy Dieckmann) by exact date 26/04/1899 (tree 26 APR 1899) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the birthDate the tree already holds (26 APR 1899). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.

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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.