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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: Noy1818 on Wednesday 09 September 15 05:04 BST (UK)
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Hi Everyone,
A few weeks ago, I posted a similar topic to this one. I am look for the burial place of Isabella Bevitt (married John George Dodds). Her mother was Mary Gager. She was born November 4, 1804, in London and died on April 29, 1860, in Wee Waa, New South Wales. I was wondering if you would be able to help me track down her final resting spot.
Thanks again everyone :)
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From her death cert, what information is given to the question "When and where buried; name of undertaker" as that should usually give you the burial details.
Cheers, JM
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From her death cert, what information is given to the question "When and where buried; name of undertaker" as that should usually give you the burial details.
Cheers, JM
I only have a index of her death. I guess if i buy her death certificate it will clear everything up.
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May be able to provide death certificate http://www.rootschat.com/links/01g35/
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It should, but perhaps wait a couple of days in case there's info posted from other RChatters. I noticed the registration on the NSW BDM online index is under DODD, not Dodds... Back in the 1860s the NSW BDM districts were quite extensive, so the Wee Waa district was not just Wee Waa itself...
I think there's an image of the registration at an online public tree. If so, then it is one of the older style registrations, long before the internet popularised family history.
I may be duplicating Cup of Life's post. :)
Cheers, JM
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http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~surreal/NSWW/lone-graves.html
..."Dodd, Isabella (nee Bevitt) Cryon side of Goangra Bridge (near Walgett). Headstone. Isabella was born 1804, London, Eng. The daughter of Joseph Bevitt & Mary Gager, she came free with her mother (convict) and 3 siblings on Lord Melville, Feb. 1817, and married John Dodd (convict) in 1823. They had 13 children, 9 of whom survived to adulthood. Between 1840 - 47 they moved between Windsor, Rylstone & Walgett, after which they were in Walgett permanently. Isabella died 29 April 1860 in Goangra and was buried by her husband."
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http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GENBRIT/2013-06/1371541530
... "Isabella died from "general debility" on the 29th of April, 1860, her age on her gravestone given as 59 yrs. She was buried by her husband John in a "lone grave" on the banks of the Namoi River between Come by Chance and Goangera, her death being registered at Wee Waa. There is a headstone to mark her last resting place, erected by her daughter Mrs Henry (Caroline) Keys. "To Perpetuate the Memory of One Kind Mother"....
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http://www.geni.com/people/Isabella-Dodd/6000000026342262798
headstone ?
Cheers, JM
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Thanks for the replies everyone! I'll take a good look at them all :)
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Hi , I know this post was from a while ago, I saw this post quite by accident this morning. I live around 5 km from her grave site. She is located on the Eastern side of the Namoi River, over the Goangra bridge. She is on a very tranquil spot not far from the road, even though she is resting in a flood plain, her site was well built up and does not flood her site. I am at her site now, to be sure, if you want photos I have just taken some. It truly is Isabella Dodd's resting place. Her tomb stone faces the river and is also one of my favorite places. I hope this helps.
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It has been a while since I have been on and what an exciting way to get back! I have sent you a PM Julie. Thank you once again ;D
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Hi Everyone,
Really excited to read all the posts. Im 5th generation from Isabella Dodd. My mother was Doreen Schweizer she has just passed away and Im now on a mission to find out everything I can about our family(North / Jasper / Dodd family) My husband and I travelled out to Come By Chance in 2020 trying to find information / gravesites but with the limited info I had we drew a blank. Id be very interested in any photos / map details / family info on Isabella and her final resting place. We are planning another trip out that way later this year and hope to visit locations where our family might have lived or were burried. Any help would be great. We are also looking into any indigenous connection as my Grandmother Marie Olive Schweizer (nee North) hinted that there may be some history there but she never elaborated. My Name is Tracy McLeod