ARMSTRONG births & a death in Queensland, Australia

[Grasc]

Would some kind person be able to tell me or look up births in Queensland, Australia, for the children of William Armstrong & Medora Beit? The children were born between 1860 & 1874. Catherine/Katherine Medora, William Drayton, Mary, Jeanette, Frederica Emma, Eva, Maud, Gertrude. I am also looking for the date of death of Wyndham Fitzgerald Armstrong.
Thank you.

[aniph]

Hi there

You can look them up here
https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/queryEntry.m?type=births

Medora is misspelt often so just put the fathers name in.

Annie

[Grasc]

Thanks Annie. I have checked the site referred to & it only shows 4 unnamed females & 1 named female (Maud b 1871) with & without entering the father's name & without entering the mother's name. This leaves the birth year of 2 daughters & the only son, unnaccounted for.
I have a copy of the father's death certificate which shows all the children's names & ages at that time except that of one daughter who died before her father. I know her name but not her year of birth.
I'm still hoping to find which of the children was born in the years shown in the site you referred to.
Grasc

[aniph]

That is all I could find as well. Are you sure the others weren't born somewhere else? It looks like the parents were not good at deciding on names quickly!!

Annie

[ennael]

Have a search of:
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

Leanne

[Grasc]

Dear Annie & Leanne - yes, all the children were definitely born in Queensland. I've trawled hundreds of the newspapers shown in the site you referred to Leanne & found all the marriages (fabulous site). I suspect Catherine/Katherine Medora was the first born followed by William Drayton (newspapers say he born 28 March 1861 & did not marry). Frederica Emma said to be the 4th daughter in her marriage notice. Gertrude's marriage notice says she was the youngest daughter so she was born after Maud (1871).
Another frustration is that birth notices in the newspapers show 'a daughter (or son) to the wife/lady of'.
But many thanks for your interest.
Grasc

[aniph]

Noticing that some of them got married at the church in Towoomba, have you tried seeing if there are christening records for the children?

Annie

[ennael]

there is a marriage for a Wyndham F. ARMSTRONG in NSW to Margaret T. MCDONALD, Scone, 1894.
2 births
John O. 1895
Wyndham E. 1896

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm

Leanne

[Grasc]

Hello Leanne
The names suggest that Wyndham F Armstrong is of the Armstrong family that I'm researching but Wyndham Fitzgerald Armstrong died between 1855 & 1857 in Queensland & there is no indication that he married. He was a doctor, trained in Ireland & came to Queensland hoping that the climate would cure his 'lung problem'. There is an 1854 Macdonald connection to the Armstrong family which adds a little weight to both Wyndham F Armstrong & Margaret Macdonald being descended from the earlier Macdonald/Armstrong connection.
Thank you very much for your help - much appreciated.
Grasc