Friday, August 16, 2024

INDIAN HISTORY

BORN IN INDIA

  • BRETT/BRITT, MARGARET
  • MARTIN, ALEXANDER
  • MURDOCH, HENRY
  • SUTTON, LEONORA/LENARA
LOCAL DEATHS TO 1910

14.04.1910
LEONORA/LENARA SUTTON nee MATSON, aged 38, employed in HOME DUTIES, died from "COLLAPSE AFTER CONFINEMENT MITRAL STENOS". Informant, Robert Sutton, her husband. (NSW BDM 5578/1910)
Place of death: Gulgong
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in CALCUTTA INDIA to James Matson, an engineer and Miriam [surname unknown].
Married in Sydney at the age of 37 to Robert Sutton (NSW BDM 503/1909)
Children: NO ISSUE

08.10.1889
MARGARET BRETT/BRITT, unmarried, aged 34, died from "DISEASE OF HEART". Informant, Thomas Strange, Hospital Warden. (NSW BDM 11592/1889)
Place of death: Gulgong Hospital
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in INDIA

24.10.1897
ALEXANDER MARTIN, a farmer aged 52 years and 11 months, died from "ACUTE PNEUMONIA HEART FAILURE" of 8 days duration. Informant, R Martin, his son.
Place of death: Goodiman
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born MULMAIN INDIA to Robert Martin and Jane Bruce.
Length in Colony: 40 years
Married at WYALDRA CK at the age of 27 to CHRISTINA P CAMPBELL 
Children: ALEXANDER J (25), ROBERT  (23), SAMUEL (22), JANE (20), WILLIAM (17), CHRISTINA E (16), JAMES (14), EDWARD (11), FLORENCE (9), THOMAS (7), JESSIE (5), ALBERT  (2)

28.01.1900
HENRY MURDOCH, a general labourer aged 55, died from "ENTERIC FEVER" of 36 hours duration.
Informant, Alice Raleigh, Hospital Matron. (NSW BDM 1745/1900)
Place of death: Gulgong 
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in POONAH BOMBAY  INDIA [parents not listed]
Length in Colony: 20 years
NOT MARRIED