Bubs have you purchased Albert CAIN's 1946 death certificate?
Bub's I understand that the only information you really had about Albert
CAIN when you started your research is that he died before you were born and now after eliminating Albert Edward
CAIN [who had nothing about foot injuries in his service record] you now are claiming another Albert
CAIN who did have foot injuries in his service record]. It is difficult researching from oral history as so often the information is inaccurate. It would be helpful to have the information written by your Aunt Victoria in the hope there may be some small snippet of information to confirm what we have found.
To help you [and the other researchers who have found so much for you] I have downloaded Thomas
CAIN's death certificate.
Thomas died 19 Apr 1870 aged 39 years, in the Geelong Hospital. His cause of death was "Fever Colonial" 2 weeks. He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland and had been in Victoria for 18 years. His parents Patrick
CAIN and Bridget
WHELAN. Mary was the informant and signed with her mark X. He was buried on 20 Apr in the Geelong Catholic Cemetery.
Mary
GRAHAM stated they married in Melbourne when Thomas was 23 years old ie c1854. I doubt there was a marriage and could be the reason none of their childrens' births were registered. From the dates on the Zades web site for
CAIN baptisms at Geelong, it is possible that some of their children were baptised. Civil registration commenced in Jul 1853 and if Mary had claimed she had married in a rural area there would have been the possibility of the registration being lost in transit to the Victorian Registry in Melbourne.
Thomas and Mary had the following children at the time of his death.
Bridget 15 years; Christina 14 years; Catherine 11 years; Patrick 9 years; Mary Jane 6 years; Sarah Anne 4 years and Caroline 9 months.
May simply be a co-incidence of names, ages etc but this could be his arrival as an assisted immigrant
CAIN Thomas 20 years Arrived Dec 1851 on the
STEBONHEATH Book 5 Page 219
There will be more information on the fiche ie his nationality and possibly his occupation.
Cando
