Our Family welcomes you to the historical record of our ancestors struggle to settle Australia and 
create a better life for themselves and their descendants.

We have a Guest Book for our visitors to sign, just a first name will do, but write as much
as you like.  If you have any questions, please ask them.

If you prefer to be more private, "drop an email" to the webmaster.

LATEST NEWS: May 2010

Joseph Burrows - Melbourne Hospital Ward Book pages
The records of Joseph's condition and treatment at Melbourne Hospital during August, 
September and October 1862 have now been found; can you help decipher the doctor's hand-writing?  

Translation of this medical record is in progress, and can be seen (with the page images) 
on the treating doctors page.
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"Our Australian Settlers & Pioneers" DVD is now available!
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More and more family researchers are publishing their family trees on TribalPages, rather than 
duplicate their 'efforts' on our site we have provided links, where appropriate, to that more 
detailed research for a particular family line.

If you would like a link added to your tree please contact the webmaster of this site.

Monday, February 20th 1860

Marriage of Joseph Burrowes & Johanna O'Halloran
The Marriage Certificate for Joseph Burrowes & Johanna O'Halloran shows they were married on 
20th February 1860 at St. John The Baptist's Church, O'Brien's Bridge (now Glenorchy), 
Tas, Australia, by the Rev. George Hunter (by Licence). The Marriage was solemnized according to 
the Rites and Ceremonies of the Catholic Church.  Witnesses were Patrick Murphy and Honora 
Curtin.  The marriage certificate shows he was 26 and she 39 years of age.

Official records also indicate they were married at St. John's United Church of England & 
Ireland, Newtown, Tas., on the same day, possibly by Thomas J. Ewing who is known to have been
St. John's Minister at that time. The document sent later, on the April 30th 1860, for
government registration of the marriage was a transcription of the Parish Register by Ewing, and 
he
has the ages showing she 26 and he 39 years of age.

The Tasmanian Pioneer Index did show two marriages in 1860 and in 1861, but this has been correct.
However, the year is now shown as 1861, so if you are looking for the St. John The Baptist's
Church, O'Brien's Bridge marriage it is in the 1861 section of the film. 
[We'll try to have this noted on the Tas OA site.]

We explored taking the ages on their marriage certificate as being correct (not reversed as Ewing
has transcribed it), and researched the possibility that Joseph Burrows was a convict (#22003) who
was transported to van Demons Land in 1850. Court record show him as Joseph 'The
Younger'.  He was sentenced in Dorset (Dorchester) Quarter Session to 10 years for 
stealing
a pair of boots from M. Marshall at Wareham.  There is more detail on his page!

Johanna Burrows nee O'Halloran has proven to be very interesting ... Johanna's 
husband's Death Certificate shows he died on Monday, October 24th 1862 in Melbourne 
Hospital of a "Disease of the Brain" 
[So it seem very unlikely that he was the convict Joseph 'The Younger' - we 
are
now left with the search for his immigration record into the colonies.]

Joseph's Death Certificate has now been included on  his page, and shows he was from 
Derby, England, and died aged 38 - so we are assuming a birth year of 1824. This means he was 36 
yo
when married - not 26 or 39 yo. Johanna immigration records show she was 24 yo in 1854.  This 
means
she was about 29 yo when married - not 26 or 39 yo.

[I think we may have a slightly deaf Minister and a very strong Irish accent distorting the
official records - this is further illustrated with Joseph's death certificate - it has his wife 
as
'Joanna O'Hullorn'.

Try saying 29 and 39, 26 and 36, and Johanna O'Halloran, with a strong Irish accent. ...  You'll 
see
what I mean.]

Some Links to Useful Sites have been included in the page left margin, as well as 
some
links to related family tree sites.
 [Many are locked so you will have to ask their owner for the key!]

Many of the Family have have sent interesting photographs and documents, and these are loaded into
the site when time permits.  Please send photos on CD by post to postal address P.O. Box 
168,
East Melbourne VIC 8002, or email them to me.

We began this family history site when we learnt that many family members have manually created family trees.  It is hoped that this web media - familiar to the younger generation - will kindle  a
 new interest in Our Family of Australian Settlers & Pioneers, with more research into Our Family.  If you have a computer based family tree (and hence a GEDCOM file) we welcome its inclusion on the site, also.

If you or a loved one is not shown on the site, it simply means the webmaster does not have the information, or has not had the time to enter the information - bearing in mind though, only the birth year for people living is shown.

Many thanks to family members who assisted with information.

Additions or corrections are welcome, and we also welcome your assistance; if you have the time please add your family.  All are welcome to contribute and make corrections, add new names and additional information about existing names, add images of letters, photos, newspaper clippings, etc.  You can contact the webmaster at the above address to email the information, or post (snail mail) the information on CD.

We are indebted to the late Leila and Frank Hanley for their work in researching and compiling the
"FAMILY TREE OF CALVER / WILLIAMS & HARMAN / JACK", Dec 1987.  They accompanied their research 
with
the note: "Some birth dates may not be accurate to the year, especially those noted from death
certificates, as persons giving information at the time of death do not always know exact date, 
also
depending on the month of the event, birth year could be indexed one year out."

Our thanks also goes to Pat Wade who has provided much of the Aitken tree information, along with photos and historical documents.

To assist fellow researchers, this site has (in general) included an estimated birth date were no
actual date is available.  These dates are rounded to the nearest 5 years, and are based on the
spouse's, parents', sibbling's or children's birth date (in the first instance, or if not 
available,
other information which may assist an intellegent guess).  An allowance of 30 years between
generations is used - so if the father was born in 1758, the spouse will be estimated as born in
1760 and ALL the children will be estimated as born in 1790.  This means that when using the
estimated dates for searching other records, an allowance of at least +/- 5 years is applicable. 
Similarly, when a birth or death place can reasonable be assumed to be in a Country (or State) 
these
will be shown.  So if the parents lived prior to 1900 (when international travel became readily
available) and were born and died in Scotland, it can reasonable be assumed that the children were
born in Scotland.

Abbreviations used are:

B.   
Born
C.   
Christened
Ci   
Circa
Cr.  
Cremated
D.   
Died
In.  
Interred
M.   
Married
Regd.
Registered
Res. 
Resided



Abbreviations for sources are:

P.R.O.
 Public Record Office, in each state in Aust., and
overseas.
V.P.R.S.
Victorian Public Records Service
LTGM
Latrobe Genealogy Library, Vic.
M.L.
Mitchell Library, N.S.W.
AJCP
Aust. Joint Copying Project (Copies material from other
states, and from overseas.)
I.G.I.
International Genealogical Index of births, Christenings,
Marriage and some deaths, filmed by Latter Day Saints, usually M, P or C before a number, then
another number in brackets.
I.G.I. only list birth dates if no christening record available, 
and
seldom record deaths (for Latter Day Saints there is no death).
I.N.
Filmed by Latter Day Saints, local records, rates, teachers,
Govt. Gazettes, Funeral Directors Lists, etc.
 
A.O.
Archives Office, in each state.
 
H.O.
Home Office, N.S.W. and England.
O.P.R.
Old Parish Records, Aust., England and some other
countries.




(number)Vic
or
(number)N.S.W.,
etc.
Births, deaths & marriages for Australian States.
These 
numbers are required for obtaining B.D.M.s certificates from the Registrar in relevant State.



Nick names: Nick names are shown ' ' i.e. 'Nancy', 'Jim', etc.

Spelling of names: Where the spelling is in doubt, say Phillip or [Philip] i.e. The
least likely spelling is shown in square brackets [ ]

Mother's Maiden Name not known: We show her surname as Mrs Husband's 1st-name Family 
Surname
... so Fred Flintstone's wife's name would be shown as Mrs Fred Flintstone, 
Betty.