Can you help solve my conundrum?

[Shazzam]

Thanks, Willow. 

My guess is that any application would have been made in Charters Towers so I'll give that a try and see what turns up.

Sharyn

[Kizzandra]

I'm trying to find information on my great grandfather, Thomas Joseph Burns RYAN, who according to his marriage certificate was born approx. 1876-1877 in Liverpool, Lancashire.

He married Isabella McCabe in Ingham, Queensland, Australia, on 27 Jan 1903, and their daughter, Lilian Margaret Ryan was born 16 Dec 1903 in Charters Towers, Queensland.

His marriage certificate gives his parents' names as Thomas Burns Ryan and Ellen McBride; his occupation was draper and auctioneer; he was a widower.

After the marriage Thomas seems to just vanish and his wife, Isabella, subsequently remarries in Charters Towers on 21 Feb 1912.  Information provided by an elderly family member was that soon after his marriage to Isabella, Thomas left for New Guinnea and was never heard from again.  Before he left, Thomas had requested his wife to send some packages to New Guinnea, which she did, but apparently poor Isabella never heard from him again.

(snip)Sharyn

Well actually, you are not alone.
Burns is Irish, not scottish. There are a couple of TJ's - mine is still troublesome & occasionally elusive, and they are *all* cheeky on b'date.  Here is the birth cert details for yours - hunt the BDM to get your cert https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/BirIndexQry.m

Name:     Thomas Joseph Burns
Birth Date:    1 Jan 1886
Father's Name:    Burns
Mother's Name:    Ellen Burns
Birth Place:    Queensland
Registration Year:    1886
Registration Place:    Queensland
Page Number:    1966
Registration Number:    008432

Name:     Thomas Joseph Burns Ryan
Spouse Name:    Isabella McCabe
Marriage Date:    27 Jan 1903
Marriage Place:    Queensland
Registration Place:    Queensland
Registration Year:    1903
Registration Number:    000324
Page Number:    22910

Name:     Lillian Margaret Ryan
Birth Date:    16 Dec 1903
Father's Name:    Thomas Joseph Burn Ryan
Mother's Name:    Isabella Mccabe
Birth Place:    Queensland
Registration Year:    1904
Registration Place:    Queensland
Page Number:    22876
Registration Number:    006151
Did Lillian have any relation to Aileen Margaret RYAN (b 1930's), say a neice or cousin or such?

Also it is just barely possible that Isabela McCabe's Grandaunt is Mary, who married James O'brien.  If you get a nibble, come talk to me - there may yet be more to tell....