Re: Vic BDM lookup help please
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Vic BDM lookup help please
Jenny Butler 2/26/08
Hi Jenny
There is a marriage in Victoria between Joseph SMITH and Rachel EWENSON in 1900 (reg 7509). Shows Joseph's birthplace as Geelong, which is very near Buninyong. Rachel was born in Richmond in 1872 (reg 11503) and died (as SMITH) in 1933 aged 60 in Prahran, dau of Geo EWENSON & Margt GILMOUR/GILMORE. Geo was from Shetland and Margt from Ireland. He and Margt married in Victoria in 1871, but the marriage was registered in 1872 (reg 844).
Joseph died in 1949 in Malvern aged 86 (reg 11454), parents as shown in your post.
They had the following chn:
Wm Alan Geoffrey 1901/29590 Richmond
Alice May 1903/5847 Richmond
Ruth Caroline Margt 1904/20974 Richmond, d. 1975 Geelong
Gordon Ewenson 1906/5856 Richmond, d. 1940 Ararat
Victor Jas 1909/5933 Richmond, d. 1983
Norman Howard 1910/6143 Richmond, d. 1945 Mont Park
Nancy Ray 1911/30164 Melb East
Robert Keith 1913/5497 Melb East, d. 1976
Marj Jean 1913/14609 Melb East
A Joseph SMITH married Ellen THORNE in 1890 in Vic, but his birthplace is shown as Tarrawingee, near Wangaratta, so the other marriage is a better match (there is a Joseph SMITH born in Tarrawingee in 1861 to Nicolas & Louisa). There are 18 births (!) to Ellen/Helen THORN[E] & Joseph SMITH in Tintaldra, Cudgewa, Myrtleford, Wangaratta and Yarragon between 1891 and 1916. So it looks like this discounts Ellen as a 2nd wife ;-)
If you want to be certain, I suggest you order Jos's death cert from 1949 as it will list all of his children and all marriages.
Good luck!
Cherilyn
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