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New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

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New South Wales
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NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
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Free official index, one search covering all three registers. Rolling published windows, stated by the form itself: births to 28/08/1926, marriages to 28/08/1976, deaths to 28/08/1996 (100/50/30 years) - outside those the absence of a row is a bounded negative, not a gap. Death and birth rows name both parents' given names, the identity discriminator. The birth index also carries the pre-1856 early church-register series with V-prefixed reference numbers, which the site warns may be baptisms or burials rather than births. The historical index publishes the registration YEAR only, never a day or month. Not scriptable: Cloudflare answers every scripted request with a 403 managed challenge, which clears in real Chrome. Certificate images are purchased separately and were not viewed. Which register a citation came from is recorded in its locator Index key.

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New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index 49942/1920 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 8 OCT 1918 of Arthur Reginald Crossingham

CROSSINGHAM ARTHUR R | 49942/1920 | ARTHUR O | MURIEL | MACKSVILLE

NSW birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District; registration year 1920 for a 1918 birth (late registration).

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index 6006/1969 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 8 NOV 1969 of Charles Foggon

FOGGON CHARLES | 6006/1969 | CHARLES WILLIAM | MARGARET ANN | SYDNEY

NSW death index. His parents per austcem (Katoomba monuments): 'Charles William Foggon | GRAVE | 12 Sep 1931 | 76 | Katoomba NSW | Charles William | Jane (Bates) | Margaret Ann (Davis)' and 'Margaret Ann Foggon (Davis) | 13 Nov 1930 | 70 | Katoomba NSW' — not created here.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Index deaths · Registration No 14398/1933 · District Burwood Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 19 JUL 1933 of Jane Sarah Finch

GRENENGER JANE S | 14398/1933 | SAMUEL | SUSAN | BURWOOD

NSW BDM historical death index row, columns Name | Registration number | Father's given name(s) | Mother's given name(s) | District. Compare Harriet Mary's own death row, GRENENGER HARRIET M G | 2544/1879 | SAMUEL | SUSANNAH | CONCORD: the same parents. The two Mrs Grenengers were sisters.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index 14187/1960 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 27 JUN 1960 of Wenzel Samuel Grenenger

GRENENGER WENZEL SAMUEL | 14187/1960 | WENZEL | JOAN SARAH | BURWOOD

Mother indexed 'Joan Sarah'. Ryerson: 'Wenzel Samuel GRENENGER | DEAT | 27JUN1960 | 73 | late of Mosman'. Marriages: Wenzel S × Jessie Burt 13336/1925 Burwood; children by Kathleen I 1920–1926 (Keith W 1920, Mabel 1921, Wallace 1924/26) — not created.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index 4208/1896 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 30 JAN 1896 of Benjamin Saville

SAVILLE BENJAMIN | 4208/1896 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | TAREE

NSW death index, columns Name | Registration number | Father's given name(s) | Mother's given name(s) | District. Both parent columns read UNKNOWN — the informant could not name them, which is what one expects of a man transported at 17 who never saw his family again. It also means the NSW index can never supply his English parents or parish: the convict indent for the Andromeda 1833 is the only remaining route. The district is TAREE, agreeing with WikiTree's 'died at Taree'. The only other Benjamin Saville death in NSW 1860-1930 is 14569/1900, parents WILLIAM J and FANNY, also Taree — a different man, probably a grandson.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index 8415/1883 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 18 OCT 1883 of Amelia Baker

SAVILLE AMELIA | 8415/1883 | GEORGE B | DIED LANSDOWN | WINGHAM

NSW death index, columns Name | Registration number | Father's given name(s) | Mother's given name(s) | District. The father's column reads GEORGE B; the mother's column carries the registrar's annotation DIED LANSDOWN rather than a name, so her mother is not recorded. Registered in the WINGHAM district, and the annotation independently confirms the place of death as Lansdowne — which is what the plaque and the cemetery index already showed.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 9767/1898 · Index deaths Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 21 JUL 1898 of Robert Nelson

NELSON ROBERT | 9767/1898 | WILLIAM | SARAH | KEMPSEY

NSW BDM death index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. His registration; the parents are the couple the Hawstead christening and the Java list name.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 9860/1908 · Index deaths Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 6 AUG 1908 of Elizabeth Debenham

NELSON ELIZABETH | 9860/1908 | JOHN | ELIZABETH | KEMPSEY

NSW BDM death index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Read in Chrome in an earlier round and quoted second-hand on the cemetery transcription ('BDM Death Reg 9860/1908') but never cited itself. The mother's given name here is ELIZABETH, not Catherine: see the note on the citation of this row on her person record.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 3224/1864 · Year 1864 · District Braidwood Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 15 MAY 1864 of Susannah Wordley

FINCH SUSANNAH | 3224/1864 | ABRAM | SARAH | BRAIDWOOD

The New South Wales historical death index row, quoted in the index's own column order: name, registration number, father's given name, mother's given name, district. It is the civil registration of the death already evidenced by the Braidwood News notice of 21 May 1864 and by the Braidwood Old General Cemetery inscription, and it had not been found before — an earlier browser search for FINCH Susan* across 1862-1930 did not return it, and it took a district-scoped search of Braidwood to surface it.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 13108/1894 · Year 1894 · District Taree Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 23 JUL 1894 of Henrietta Tolhurst

CROSSINGHAM HENRIETTA | 13108/1894 | JOHN | SARAH A | TAREE

The registration of the death this event records. NSW death rows carry the deceased's own parents' given names, so JOHN and SARAH A are Henrietta's father and mother, not her husband's; that is the evidence behind the separate proposal giving her parents. The historical index publishes the year only, so the day comes from the two memorials.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 13639/1931 · District Katoomba · Year 1931 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 12 SEP 1931 of Charles William Foggon

FOGGON CHARLES W | 13639/1931 | CHARLES W | 76 YRS KATOOMBA | KATOOMBA

NSW death index; columns name / registration / father / mother / district. Where no mother is recorded the index renders age and place in that column, which is what '76 YRS KATOOMBA' is. The registration behind the death event, which had no citation of its own; it mirrors citation 53423 on the person.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 19822/1930 · District Katoomba · Year 1930 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 13 NOV 1930 of Margaret Ann Davis

FOGGON MARGURET A | 19822/1930 | CHARLES W | MARIA | KATOOMBA

NSW death index; columns name / registration / father / mother / district. Her given name is spelt MARGURET in the index. The registration behind the death event, which had no citation of its own; it mirrors citation 53425 on the person, and it is the row that names her parents Charles W and Maria.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 3827/1879 · District Morpeth · Year 1879 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Married” 1879 of Charles William Foggon & Margaret Ann Davis

3827/1879 | FOGGON | CHARLES | DAVIS | MARGARET A | MORPETH

NSW marriage index; columns registration / groom surname / groom given / bride surname / bride given / district. The registration behind the 1879 Morpeth marriage event, which had no citation of its own; it mirrors citation 53426 on the family. The marriage is in New South Wales, so both had emigrated by 1879.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 20507/1880 · District Lambton · Year 1880 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1880 of Charles Foggon

FOGGON CHARLES | 20507/1880 | CHARLES | MARGARET ANN | LAMBTON

NSW birth index; columns name / registration / father / mother / district. The registration behind the 1880 Lambton birth event, which had no citation of its own; it mirrors citation 53427 on the person. The historical index publishes the registration year only, never a day or month.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 17087/1886 · District Berrima · Year 1886 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1886 of Margaret Ann Foggon

FOGGON MARGARET A | 17087/1886 | CHARLES | MARGARET A | BERRIMA

NSW birth index; columns name / registration / father / mother / district. The registration behind her birth event, which had no citation of its own; it mirrors citation 53434 on the person.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 26174/1890 · District Nowra · Year 1890 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1890 of Joseph G Foggon

FOGGON JOSEPH G | 26174/1890 | CHARLES | MARGARET A | NOWRA

NSW birth index; columns name / registration / father / mother / district. The registration behind Joseph G Foggon's birth event, which had no citation of its own.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 29/1915 · District Sydney · Year 1915 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 8 JAN 1915 of Joseph G Foggon

FOGGON JOSEPH G | 29/1915 | CHARLES | MARGARET A | SYDNEY

NSW death index; columns name / registration / father / mother / district. The registration behind Joseph G Foggon's death event, which had no citation of its own. He died aged 24 and is buried at Manly; he predeceased his father and so is not among the seven children named in the 1931 funeral notice.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1291/1821 · Reference V18211291 148 · Index births Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 30 MAY 1821 of Joseph Rambler Barber

BARBER JOSEPH R | 1291/1821 V18211291 148 | JOHN | JANE | CB

NSW BDM early church-register birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Read in Chrome by the orchestrator this pass (the site answers 403 to anything scripted). A second register copy of the same entry is indexed as 5497/1821 V18215497 1B, same parents. This is the only Joseph R Barber in the 1810-1838 birth index. The index publishes the YEAR only; the day 30 May 1821 does not come from here.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 9487/1907 · Index deaths Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 25 AUG 1907 of Joseph Rambler Barber

BARBER JOSEPH R | 9487/1907 | JOHN | KEMPSEY

NSW BDM death index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Read in Chrome by the orchestrator this pass. Father JOHN and district KEMPSEY match the monument and the death notice. The empty mother column is layout, not evidence: on pre-1914 rows this index routinely uses a parent column for an age instead.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 165/1833 · Reference V1833165 18 · Index births Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 9 NOV 1833 of Charlotte Emma Avery

AVERY CHARLOTTE E | 165/1833 V1833165 18 | JOHN | CHARLOTTE | CA

NSW BDM early church-register birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Read in Chrome by the orchestrator this pass. A second entry for the same child is indexed as 155/1834 V1834155 18, same parents and same register CA — the 1833 copy being the birth and the 1834 copy the baptism, which fits the compiled family history's "born 9 Nov 1833 ... baptised 12 Jan 1834 at St Phillips Sydney". The index gives the YEAR only, so the day 9 November comes from her monument, not from here.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 9863/1908 · Index deaths Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 11 AUG 1908 of Charlotte Emma Avery

BARBER CHARLOTTE E | 9863/1908 | JOHN A | CHARLOTTE | KEMPSEY

NSW BDM death index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Read in Chrome by the orchestrator this pass. Parents JOHN A and CHARLOTTE and district KEMPSEY identify her against her own monument and against her Avery parents' plaque.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 588/1853 · Reference V1853588 39C · Index marriages Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Married” 30 JUN 1853 of Joseph Rambler Barber & Charlotte Emma Avery

588/1853 V1853588 39C | BARBER | JOSEPH | AVERY | CHARLOTTE | NP

NSW BDM early church-register marriage index, columns Registration number | Groom surname | Groom given | Bride surname | Bride given | District. This row is what supplies Charlotte's maiden name AVERY, which the tree previously lacked entirely.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 11549/1908 · Year 1908 · District Taree Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 23 AUG 1908 of Harriett Maria Field

CROSSINGHAM HARRIET M | 11549/1908 | JOHN | SARAH | TAREE

NSW historical death index row (Name | Registration no | Father | Mother | District), read in Chrome 2026-09-07. The parents JOHN and SARAH are her own - John Field and Sarah Jane Watson - not her husband's; a death row names the deceased's parents. Registered in the Taree district, which covers Moorland.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 2726/1821 · Reference V18212726 3B · Index marriages Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Married” 23 APR 1821 of John Barber & Jane Wyer

2726/1821 V18212726 3B | BARBER | JOHN | WYER | JANE | CF

NSW BDM early church-register marriage index, columns Registration number | Groom surname | Groom given | Bride surname | Bride given | District. The only John Barber x Jane marriage indexed 1805-1825.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 61/1856 · Volume 86 · Year 1856 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Married” 26 JAN 1856 of Richard Crossingham & Harriett Maria Field

61/1856 V185661 86 | CRASSINGHAM | RICHARD | FIELD | HARRIET | IK

NSW historical marriage index row (Registration no | Groom surname | Groom given | Bride surname | Bride given | Register) read in Chrome 2026-09-07. A pre-civil-registration church-register entry - register code IK, the same register that holds their first child's birth (692/1856 V1856692 155 IK). It confirms the couple and the year; the day and the place Bolwarra come from WikiTree Crossingham-41 (already cited on the family, citation 53198) and have not been confirmed from the register itself.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 5253/1880 · Year 1880 · District NEWTOWN Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1880 of Julia Sullivan

SULLIVAN JULIA | 5253/1880 | MICHAEL | JULIA | NEWTOWN

NSW birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Cited on the birth event. The first record of the family in New South Wales, and the one that fixes their arrival between December 1874 and 1880.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 8243/1908 · Year 1908 · District SYDNEY Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 16 AUG 1908 of Julia Sullivan

SULLIVAN JULIA | 8243/1908 | MICHAEL | JULIA | SYDNEY

NSW death index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Registered at Sydney because she died in Sydney Hospital.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 5412/1887 · Year 1887 · District St Leonards Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 10 JUN 1887 of John Field

FIELD JOHN | 5412/1887 | STEPHEN | MARY A | ST LEONARDS

NSW historical death index row (Name | Registration no | Father | Mother | District), read in Chrome 2026-09-08. THE CONFLICT IS IN THE REGISTRATION, NOT THE INDEX. Two records made in his own lifetime name his parents John and Mary: the Udimore register of 29 July 1810, 'John Son of John & Mary Field' (image, media 399), and the 1838 James Pattison bounty list, 'Father John Field | Mother Mary Field'. This 1887 registration, taken from an informant forty-nine years after he left England and a fortnight before his widow applied for probate, says Stephen and Mary A. The tree keeps John and Mary. A supporting check: Ancestry 62049 holds NO Stephen Field at Udimore or Brede at all - the only Stephen Field in East Sussex before 1813 is one who married a Judith on 26 October 1804 (parish not shown in the index) and baptised a son Stephen on 3 October 1805. So there is no Stephen Field household in these parishes for the registration to be right about. Also checked and excluded: FIELD JOHN T | 9585/1888 | WILLIAM T | ELLEN I M | GRENFELL, a different man.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 999/1842 · Volume 26B · Year 1842 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 9 SEP 1842 of Sarah Jane Watson

FIELD SARAH | 999/1842 V1842999 26B | AGE 27 | CR

NSW historical death index row, read in Chrome 2026-09-08. A pre-civil-registration church-register entry, register code CR. READ THE COLUMNS CAREFULLY: in death rows before 1914 the index puts the deceased's AGE in the father's column, so 'AGE 27' is the age at death and not a parent's name; both parent columns are empty for her. THIS IS THE RECORD THE TREE HAS BEEN MISSING. Until now her death rested entirely on WikiTree Watson-26239 quoting a register, which is a compiled tree at quality 1 - she was the last person on the direct line from Catherine Charles in that position. The age closes the chain that runs through her whole life: 27 at her death in 1842 means born about 1815, which is exactly the baptism read from the Brede register page on 12 January 1815 (media 400), sixteen days after the 27 December 1814 birthday the 1838 James Pattison entitlement certificate records. WHAT THIS ROW DOES NOT GIVE: the historical index publishes the registration year only, so the day - 9 September 1842 - is still WikiTree's, as are the abode Kenwick, the age as written, the description 'labourer's wife' and the burial at Narellan on 12 September by the Rev. Thomas Hassall. The Ancestry 61177 Narellan St Thomas register is still the query that would put all of that on a record.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 14905/1932 · Year 1932 · District Kempsey Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Died” 1932 of Richard William John Crossingham

CROSSINGHAM RICHARD W | 14905/1932 | RICHARD | HARRIETT | KEMPSEY

NSW historical death index row read in Chrome 2026-09-07; the parents RICHARD and HARRIETT match this family. He married Amelia Thorpe Townsend (austcem: 'Amelia Thorpe Crossingham (Townsend), 6 Sep 1918, 60, Frederickton NSW, dau/James O & Lucy, w/Richard William John').

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 8748/1863 · Year 1863 · District Manning River Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1863 of Harriett Elizabeth Crossingham

CRASSINGHAM HARRIET E | 8748/1863 | RICHARD | HARIET M | MANNING RIVER

NSW historical birth index row (Name | Registration no | Father | Mother | District), read in Chrome 2026-09-07. Already on the person; added to the birth event, which had no citation of its own. Parents RICHARD and HARIET M - the index's spelling of Harriett Maria - and the family's CRASSINGHAM spelling of the 1860s. Twenty-one at her marriage in 1884.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 1936/1854 · Reference V18541936 40 · Index births Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1854 of Andrew Bartley Barber

BARBER ANDREW B | 1936/1854 V18541936 40 | JOSEPH | CHARLOTTE | NP

NSW BDM early church-register birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. A second register copy is indexed as 1938/1854 V18541938 40, same parents and district.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 14027/1859 · Index births Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1859 of Charles Barber

BARBER CHARLES | 14027/1859 | JOSEPH | CHARLOTTE | WOLLONGONG

NSW BDM birth index. This row proves the family was at Wollongong in 1859, which is what makes his sister Harriett Rebecca's unregistered 1860 Wollongong birth credible.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 11224/1868 · Index births Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1868 of Priscilla Jane Barber

BARBER PRISCILLA J | 11224/1868 | JOSEPH | CHARLOTTE | MACLEAY RIVER

NSW BDM birth index. The Australian Cemeteries Index names 'David Henry' and 'Priscilla Jean' as the parents of Olive May Barden and Harold Robert Nelson at Kempsey, which is this couple.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index 9847/1866 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1866 of Lydia Amelia Saville

SAVILLE LYDIA A | 9847/1866 | BENJAMIN | AMELIA | MANNING RIVER

NSW birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. 'LYDIA A' expanded to Lydia Amelia after the Find a Grave children panel and her own headstone. Her age at death, 77 in March 1944, puts her birth in 1866 and so agrees with this row.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index 11921/1871 Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1871 of Edwin Charles Saville

SAVILLE EDWIN CHARLES | 11921/1871 | BENJAMIN | AMELIA | MANNING RIVER

NSW birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Given in full by the index. His age at death, 87 in October 1958, puts his birth in 1871 and agrees with this row.

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index Registration No 13767/1876 · Index births Primary

New South Wales historical birth, death and marriage index · NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

For “Born” 1876 of Clara Elizabeth Barber

BARBER CLARA ELIZABETH | 13767/1876 | JOSEPH | CHARLOTTE | MACLEAY RIVER

NSW BDM birth index, columns Name | Registration number | Father | Mother | District. Clara was the one child of the ten that proposal #2217 had to carry on a compiled profile alone, because that Chrome search window stopped at 1875. With this row every one of Joseph and Charlotte's ten children rests on a civil registration naming both parents.