Friday, August 16, 2024

WEST INDIAN HISTORY

BORN IN THE WEST INDIES

  • BAKER, EDWARD WILLIAM
  • CHAPMAN, SIMON
  • TURNER, HENRY
LOCAL DEATHS TO 1910

25.05.1877
HENRY TURNER, a miner aged 56, died from "HEART DISEASE & PNEUMONIA" of 6 months duration. (NSW BDM 6891/1877)
Place of death: Tallawang
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in  West Indies
Length in Colony: 29 years
Not Married

13.09.1890
SIMON CHAPMAN, a miner aged 58, died from "PNEUMONIA" of 4 days duration.
Informant was Thomas Strange, Hopsital Wardsman. (NSW BDM 5945/1890)
Witnesses: T McCarthy and J Crawford
Place of death: Gulgong
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in Barbados
Length in Colony: unknown
Marital Status: unmarried

27.06.1911
EDWARD WILLIAM BAKER, a farmer aged 87, died from HEART FAILURE, SENILE DECAY of 3 weeks duration. Informant was his daughter, E PITMAN. (NSW BDM 10384/1911)
Place of death: Birriwa  
Place of burial: Private ground, Macnamara, Two Mile Flat.
Born in West Indies, the son of WILLIAM BAKER (a labourer) and JANE SCOTT.
Length in Colony: 83 years
Married in Scone at the age of 23 to CATHERINE "Kitty" HARWOOD (NSW BDM 692/1850 V1850692 36B).
Children: George (60), Elizabeth (57), Hannah A (50), Edward J (48), John (30), Mary (48), William F (36), Julia (34), Phoebe (32), Maud E (30), Harwood F (28), 1 male (deceased)

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