On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:13:38 +0000 (UTC),
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I suspect it wasn't so odd at all as it was more likely that the parents were availing themselves of the Legitimation Act pbutted in 1902.
Quoting from part of the Legitimations section at page 43 of the booklet accompanying the NSW Pioneers series CDs: "This Act allowed a District Registrar to re-register the birth of an illegitimate child, whose parents had subsequently married, to include details of the father and parents marriage."
Visiting CemeteriesI used to "pick up" ticks belting around the bush as a kid. Fortunately my Dad was a doctor and used whip them...
This was the case for my father. His birth was registered in 1918, as shown following in the NSW index, his parents married in 1919 and his birth was re-registered in 1930 before he commenced work
SURNAME HILL GIVEN NAME(S) GEORGE W INDEX YEAR 1918 MOTHER MARY A PLACE OF REGISTRATION NARRANDERA REGISTRATION YEAR 1918 REGISTRATION NUMBER 24439
SURNAME ELDRIDGE GIVEN NAME(S) GEORGE W INDEX YEAR 1918 FATHER RUPERT J MOTHER MARY A CROSS REFERENCE R REGISTRATION YEAR 1930 REGISTRATION NUMBER 11033
GANNON's of KildareAfter having searched for my Great GG Grandmother for a number of years on the 05 July,2005 I received Information that Margaret, William and Michael GANNON arrived in the Colony of New South Wales...
He's still very much alive and was most amused when I showed him the two entries many years ago. He explained that was why his mother was always a bit cagey about her marriage date.
-- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia Researching ancestors & descendants for all Australian ELDRIDGE families 1000's at my Web site * Wanted * Any Eldridge related information
