Re: Westerm Australian deaths and marriages lookup
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Re: Westerm Australian deaths and marriages lookup
jennifer anderson 5/02/11
Hi Jennifer,
Marriage
Victoria 1895
Sarah ANDERSON
Jno Francis CUMMINS
Reg No. 7100
Birth
Bendigo, Victoria, 1899
Jno Francis CUMMINS
Father: Jno Francis Cummins
Mother: Sarah STANLEY
Reg Number: 8115
If you have a look at John Francis ANDERSON's service record (Sern 2782), on page 7 Sarah gives permission for him to do office work until he turns 18.The letter is dated 9 August 1916 and she says that his correct age is 17 years 9 months and he was born 5 Nov 1899.This age is incorrect, he was actually 16 years and 9 months!Obviously nobody else's maths was any good either because they sent him off to war in June the following year.
I suspect that Sarah's marriage may have been short lived, and either her husband died or they separated.It is not unusual to see children of different parents using the same surname, or for women to revert back to a former surname.It just makes them all the harder to find!
Debra
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Re: Westerm Australian deaths and marriages lookup
jennifer anderson 5/04/11