Saunders/Burn help

[Lucy2]

Wow .... how fantastic to get all that help. Thankyou so much! I shall now try to go forward from here and try to get marriage details and info about their move to Australia.
Cheers, Julie

Hi again Julie

Do you have Australian death certs. for John George & Eliza ?

Or maybe better still, a certificate for a child of theirs, who was born in Australia ?

Oz records generally give a lot more information.

Depending on where in Oz they died, you may get info regarding length of time spent in NZ;  names of living and deceased children, an idea (not always accurate) of where born/parents names etc.

Further births to the couple registered in Australia, may show, ages of previous issue.

Incidentally, if you are lucky enough to find a church record for the Nelson marriage, it may only give minimal info (NZ marriages did not record  birthplaces or names of bride/groom's parents, unitl late 1880) - though if Eliza was (as seems, under 21 years of age) the person giving her permission to wed, may be recorded.

~  Lu

 

[Lucy2]

A Rebecca BURN died in NZ in 1884 aged 93, so fairly close. Her death certificate should be able to confirm or deny this.

Ian C

Mmm .. I'd just spotted that also. 

And buried at Nelson.

http://www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/cemeteries-database-2/

(Lots of other BURN burials there, including Daniel and Robert.)

~  Lu

[Eyesee]

Might be worth posting a request on the Kent board about the BURN family, with a link back to this post, so as not to duplicate what has already been posted.

Ian C

[Lucy2]

Other researchers of this BURN family (with NZ links).   

See World connect  > >

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

~   Lu

[jewelie]

Thanks Eyesee and Lucy2 - you have been an amazing help!! I have started to look at The Prow website and it looks fascinating.
I don't have  death info for John George or a cert for Eliza .
Eliza died in Adelaide (and John probably did too) and very few Sth Aust records are on line ... and I am in Qld!!! Their daughter Rebecca Eliza was my gt grandmother and I have her death details, but not the actual certificate (yet!!) She was born in Adelaide in 1848.
I am now able to connect to other Burn NZ researchers through ancestry, and have already found lots of info that may help.
I really appreciate your efforts. I have a busy weekend ahead of me!
My thoughts to all in NZ.
Cheers, Julie

[kowhai43]

I am also a researcher who is descended from Daniel Burn and Rebecca Avery
Caroline

[kowhai43]

The family of Eliza's brother Daniel Edward also went to Australia (Melbourne) and some of their children were born in Adelaide as well....

[spades]

Hi Caroline, and welcome to RootsChat.

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I removed your email address in accordance with RootsChat policy noted above, but included it in my PM to Jewelie.

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Spades

[kowhai43]

thankyou for the help - I have taken your advice