BARNARD Family Wangaratta

[dazza71]

hello Cando, thankyou for the information.

the informant John Barnard, does that mean he is James Barnard's father from England??
 

[cando]

Informant was James Barnard, the father of Margaret.  Sorry for the typo, now amended.


Cando

[dazza71]

no problem, thankyou

 

[lizanne77]

Hi Dazza,znd Danielle, James Barnard's parents were Abraham Barnard and Mary Hayden, and they lived in Thaxted in Essex in England where James was born.
there is no record of their marriage in Castlemaine or the Vic index
Briget Whelan (Hibberd) died 18 June 1891 in Bendigo (not 1943)
James is in the 1841 census with his uncle James Hayden
There is not much about Aubrey born 1884, I think he must have died in infancy I think

Lizanne77

[cando]

there is no record of their marriage in Castlemaine or the Vic index

lizanne77

What a shame.  Did you or someone else search the Parish records held by the Castlemaine Historical Society?  I wouldn't expect to find it on the Vic bdm's as the marriage occurred before civil registration and unless the parish record was made available to the registry it wouldn't have been transcribed.  What religion was James?

Extracted parish records - It is good genealogical practice to have the source of your information....and you may be just plain interested

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

BARNARD Abram [Perhaps this should be Abraham]
Birth 27 Apr 1831
Baptism 26 Oct 1831  Independent, Thaxted, Essex, England   
Father  Abraham BARNARD    Mother Mary HAYDEN

BARNARD James    
Birth 17 Jan 1833
Baptism 14 Feb 1833 Independent, Thaxted, Essex, England         
Father  Abraham BARNARD    Mother Mary HAYDEN

BARNARD Frederic
Birth 25 Jan 1835
Baptism 9 Dec 1835   Independent, Thaxted, Essex, England   
Father  Abraham BARNARD    Mother Mary HAYDEN


Cando

[lizanne77]

James was a baptist/ nonconformist, the parents seem to have changed faith  around the time James was born.
I have been in touch with the Castlemaine historical society very recently, and they searched their records to no avail. We have wondered, with Catherine being Catholic and James not, perhaps they never did marry?? The people who I spoke to said that some of the early records were sent to St francis church in Melbourne for storage

Liz

[cando]

The explanation sounds plausible....I can remember someone requesting info about parish records at St Francis.  I have a resource that lists all the Parish Registers in Australia.  I shall return

Cando

[lizanne77]

that sounds good!!

[dazza71]

That sounds Good !!!