Frances Beatrice WHITTICOMBE

[Tarzan]

 New Melbourne  general.Cemetery Fawkner. Been there and seen unmarked grave.

[cando]

I am not having success with finding her on the electoral rolls.  This may be Frances and James in 1903

Australian Electoral Roll
1903
CLARKE Frances  7 James Street, South Richmond  HD
CLARKE James Patrick  7 James Street, South Richmond  Packer

I cannot find any enrolments for a Fanny WHITTAKER or Frances Beatrice WHITTAKER

I am puzzled that we can find nothing on the SA or Vic indexes about her parents.

This is what I have found....

A death for a Capt Charles Alfred WHITTICOMBE who died on board his ship at Port Adelaide but has been mistranscribed on the SA indexes.

The only WHITTICOMBE in Victoria is a Joseph BROWN alias Thomas WHITTICOMBE whose wife was Ann.  He died as Thomas WHITTICOMBE at Sunbury, possibly at the Asylum

Link to newspaper item
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dji/

New Melbourne  general.Cemetery Fawkner. Been there and seen unmarked grave.

Burial record
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0djh/

I agree with you - I doubt Frances Beatrice ever married.  Unfortunately many births in SA were not registered.  You may like to read these items about Civil Regs in South Australia.  Have you considered searching Parish Records at Strathalbyn?
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0djk/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0djj/

I wish I could have been more helpful

Cheers
Cando

[Tarzan]

Many thanks Cando.
I found the 1903 one and think they may be them.

 Cpt Whitticombe also but he was born years later and had a wife and parents in UK. Found newspaper articles for him and also his wife in UK..

I have the death cert for that Thomas but only showed Born Manchester and they had no idea if he was married.Guess whoever found him at time of Death,knew nothing about him.Sunbury Hospital.

However the Alias is new to me. Thank you for that information.
I will ask the Parish records to look for Frances.maybe she was in their records.
SA did big search for me a few years back,when I made special trip to the BDM there. They could find nothing registered.
Thank you again.

[cando]

The bdm registry may have never received the Fanny's birth registration...if there was one....please read the linked newsletter articles.  There are many reasons for missing registrations in SA.

Cpt Whitticombe also but he was born years later and had a wife and parents in UK. Found newspaper articles for him and also his wife in UK..

I only detailed his death to show that I had searched thoroughly for you.  Also mistranscribed in the indexes.

I have the death cert for that Thomas but only showed Born Manchester and they had no idea if he was married.Guess whoever found him at time of Death,knew nothing about him.Sunbury Hospital.

It is quite rare to find any family information on death certificates for those who died in public institutions such as the Sunbury Asylum. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbury_Asylum

There was always an inquest though - only surname for Thomas on the Inquest Index.

WHITTICOMBE
Sunbury
1895  Ref# 893

You will have to find what churches were established in Strathalbyn in the period and then find where their records are located.   Today there is a Uniting Church, Anglican and Catholic.

Cheers
Cando

[jorose]

Do you know where Frances was between 1896 (last registration of birth) and 1935?
e.g. was she still around when Maud died in 1899? when Charles did in 1913? for her children's marriages?
What happened to James Patrick Clarke? (or was "Whittaker" his alias?)

[XXXX]

Further to Cando's post on Thomas Whitticombe at Sunbury Asylum:

Nominal Register of Patients Ballarat/Sunbury Asylums 1877 - 1907
Thomas was admitted on 19 September 1893, Discharged 23 July 1895.

Link: http://210.8.122.120/publications/documents/07428-P0001-000001.pdf

[Tarzan]

 Well 1935 was year she died.

She seemed to go off the radar around 1919 when son Charles died.no idea where she was after that.
. James Clarke was mentioned at  Gisborne and she seemed to be with daughter at Lancefield (very close area)perhaps she lived with one of the other children but not with the husband. daughter married 1921 so this could have been when she went with family member perhaps. She was Clarke on electoral roll.Whitticombe being maiden name..
 Ellen

[AussiegalRae]

You're talking about my great great grandmother.  Frances Beatrice Whitticomb married James Patrick Clarke on 23/5/1884 at Stathalbyn SA according to my grandmother's records.
Frances was believed born on 29/6/1856or61 and died June 1935.
James Patrick Clarke was buried at Grantville in Victoria after his death on 9/5/1943.

I may be able to find something more if Grandma has it but since she's in a nursing home now I'm not sure how I'd go.

Your Alice was the sister of my great grandfather Lindsay Gordon [Samuel] Clarke.

Does this help?

[Tarzan]

Thank you.Will look that up.