Hi there,
Some thoughts....
Yes, it seemed likely to me that a Mrs Matthews was the local midwife, but from my notes re a Mrs Matthews I haven’t investigated much as to who her rellies were, except to eliminate her as a rellie of one of “my” lot.
George Creighton’s parents were Joseph Creighton and Sarah Hepworth (Qld BDM online #C1433 of 1893). From his d.c. does it give any further information about his parents, his wife, or his children? So perhaps Esther’s baby was named for George’s mum? I am of course speculating, but I did notice SMH 9 Jan 1907 a Sarah Creighton aged 65 of Bourke St Sydney knocked down .... Any relation to George’s Mum perhaps?
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14795475?From the NSW BDM online index Esther’s daughter Emily Jane was born in 1880. You have her marriage as 7 July 1900 to Peter Baruffi, with her father noted as George Creighton, deceased and her mother as Dorothy Whalan.... So, are you sure this is the correct Emily Jane, and not some other lass with a deceased father named George. If you are sure this is your Emily Jane, then I agree, it is worth considering that Dorothy seems to have been her foster mum, at the earliest from July 1888. Also that perhaps Emily had lost contact with her mum and dad. So perhaps you need to find that Dorothy or at least her descendants.
Hence :
From Emily’s 1900 mc ....
Who gave consent for this lass not yet 21 to marry, bearing in mind her father was deceased? Which church was the marriage at? Who were the witnesses? Where was Emily born?
Do you know where Emily and her husband settled? Did they have children, were any named Esther or George or Dorothy ?
For around $16 or so, you can get an official transcript of NSW BDM certificates, these contain all the information found on the official records, and can be sent by email as file attachments, usually arriving quicker than the NSW BDM official certificates. As there’s only those two registrations for 1859 for Esther Taylor births, perhaps you may need so spend some pennies shortly, but if I were you then I would wait until hearing back about the elusive information from her m.c.
I think the two boys found by Sue at the NAA WWI records could well be Esther’s, particularly if that is her daughter Emily citing her own mother as a Dorothy Whalan rather than as Esther Taylor... . (See #3 and #4, noting many of those who enlisted seem to have had troubles recalling their actual birth details, it was no where near as important an issue in those times as it is now. In fact it was not an important piece of information even about myself in my youth, it has only been with the introduction of photo ID that the d o b has taken on a significant daily role)
Well, that’s my thoughts, I sincerely hope you are not put out by my expressing these ...
Cheers, JM
