Charles McKANNA

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I am seeking information on Charles McKanna.
NSW BDM show Charles McKanna and wife Eda being the parents of:

Charles Cecil b.1899 Pt Macquarie, NSW
Francis John Leslie b.1901 Kempsey, NSW
Eda b.1902 Kempsey
Albert Edward Yates b.1906 Kempsey
Runa Marie Gwendoline b.1908 Kempsey

I found a reference to a Charles McKanna as unassisted immigrant - Port Jackson, NSW.
Also found a death index record for a Charles d.1927 (age 65 = b.1862)
Like to find out when and where he was born and when he arrived in Australia.

[cando]

McKANNA is not a commonly occuring name in the NSW indexes and some of the births to Charles and Ada A/Eda A F were registered as McKENNA. Charles death registration does not name his parents,

Birth certificates in NSW detail the following -
Full name, sex, date and place of birth.
Mother's details including full name and maiden name, age, occupation, place of birth.
Father's details including full name, age, occupation, place of birth.
Date and place of parent's marriage.
Previous children of the relationship.

Death Certificates in NSW -
Full name, sex and age, date and place of death, place of residence, usual occupation and marital status at date of death.
Place of marriage, age when married, full name of spouse
Children's name and ages.
Parent's names including mother's maiden name.
Cause of death and duration of last illness.
Burial or cremation date and place.

Transcriptions are cheaper than certified certs -
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/howToSearch.htm#TranscriptionAgent

Australian Electoral Roll
NSW 1903 Division Cowper  Sub division Kempsey
McKANNA Charles Sullivan Street, East Kempsey   Labourer
McKANNA Eda Anna Francesca  Sullivan Street, East Kempsey  Domestic Duties

Cheers
Cando

     

[cando]

The only Charles McKANNA, unassisted immigrant I can find, arrived in Sydney, on the 28 Sep 1839 on the ABBOTSFORD .

Cando

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Thanks for your help Cando, I will buy some certificates and see what I can find.
Thanks for the 1903 electoral roll, I didn't know Eda's other names - one step forward. 

Interesting, the Charles McKanna you found that arrived in 1839 - makes you wonder if there may be another generation which was born in Australia. Maybe the Charles I am looking for, was born in Australia around 1862.
The NSW BDM starts at 1788, is there any other records before this date?

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Cando, the last statement I made "The NSW BDM starts at 1788, is there any other records before this date?" didn't make sense 
I guess I am looking for Charles McKanna b. c1862, gets hard as you say when records could be McKenna (lot of them)

[judb]

National library digitised newspapers has a 1927 death announcement for your Charles, 65, who was apparently born at Yarras on the Hastings River, son of John.  Burial at Kempsey cemetery

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16411260?searchTerm=mckanna

There is also a family death notice

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16409885?searchTerm=mckanna

Judith

[cando]

Civil registration commenced in  New South Wales in 1856 and any records from the time of first settlement - 1788 - 1856, will be transcriptions of parish records.

I only gave the details of the unassisted emigrant Charles McKANNA in 1839 to eliminate him from your search.

I think Yarras would be in the Bathurst reg district.

Cando

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Most Excellent Judith. 

Another step forward - Charles was born in Australia, father John. now I have to find out about John.

I noticed on the NSW BDM that there is a John McKanna and Ellen as parents of Catherine b.1848 and Laurence b.1849 - doesn't give a district. Could be the same John.

Cando - Yarras is west of Wauchope (Near Port Macquarie) A large timber area, cedar mainly. I used to live in the area and we got a lot of timber from the Yarras area. Charles's first child was born in Port Macquarie before they moved to Kempsey.
The Charles who arrived in 1839 may well be John's Father.

[cando]

There is a Yarras north east of Bathurst...are there two places of the same name in NSW?  Don't know the areas at all.

Cheers
Cando