Birth of William J STEADWOOD South Australia or NSW

[rosball]

John Stedward's baptism in 1851 on familysearch gives mother's name as Anne Melross Clarke
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTDF-B62

Adding
 Martha Stedward baptism gives mother as Anne Melrose
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X126-V68

Sarah Jane Stedward baptism https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTHK-PTL

William Stedward's marriage to Anne Ross Melross or Clarke 5 Feb 1844
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTZD-L62

[gordon5]

You guys are incredible! It is an unusual name, generally spelt wrong on first acquaintance and often mis written as Stedman or Steadman even after I've spelt it out. I find the reference to John Stedward intriguing because I know that there were members of my family in Glasgow in the Springburn area at about that time - there is no Springham area but again an easy mistake to make. As to the others - who knows? Certainly worth my investigating further, getting certificates etc because I think that's the only way that I'll figure out if (for example) Jane Stedward is the same person as Jane Steadwood!! Wow, just, wow!!

[sparrett]

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/14926.detail

This gives a little more on WILLIAM ALEXANDER in NZ
It also uses the correct spelling of the father's address and district, unlike the newspaper link given previously. Springburn
Sue
Edit----- correction to man's name

[wivenhoe]

107/1878  OSBORNE  James Bevan   STEDWARD  Jane      SYDNEY 

BDM NSW births
356/1879  OSBORNE  James                          parents           James B  Jane  SYDNEY     
548/1880  OSBORNE  Mary Jane                     parents            James Bevan Jane SYDNEY     
7432/1884  OSBORNE  Sydney George A         parents            James  Jane  GLEBE     
4973/1886  OSBORNE  Rebecca                      parents            James  Jane  LEICHHARDT     
7867/1887  OSBORNE  Alfred J                       parents            James  Jane  GLEBE     
20110/1892  OSBORNE  James C                    parents            James  Jane  LITHGOW   

deaths
354/1880  OSBORNE  Mary J                             parents James B  Jane  SYDNEY     
183/1879  OSBORNE  James                             parents James B  Jane  SYDNEY     
2751/1886  OSBORNE  Rebecca                        parents  James  Jane  LEICHHARDT     
27351/1949  OSBORNE  Sidney George Alfred    patents   James  Jan     LIVERPOOL


Sydney Morning Herald 1 Feb 1918
OSBORNE.--The Friends of Mr. JAMES OSBORNE  Snr of 24 Bailey St Newtown, and formerly of Lithgow.....funeral of.....wife Jane....C of E Rookwood... 


OSBORNE -Friends of Mrs. W. J. LOWNDES   of Newcastle,  Mr and Mr W MARTIN of Albemarle street, Newtown, Mr and Mrs. W OSBORNE of Shuttleton,  Mr and Mrs. W CASE of Alfred street St Peters, Mr and Mrs S OSBORNE of Newman Street Newtown,  Mr and Mrs. A OSBORNE of Lithgow and Mr J OSBORNE Junr of 24 Bailey street Newtown...Funeral of..... MOTHER, Jane Osborne....
   
BDM NSW marriages
7255/1901  CASE  William T m.  OSBORNE  Maud M                 OBERON 
3810/1897  MARTIN  William H J  m. OSBORNE  Mabel M          NEWTOWN'

death
500/1918  OSBORNE  Jane                    parents      John    Sarah       NEWTOWN
12422/1947  MARTIN  Mabel Mary         parents      James  Jane         PARRAMATTA     

James C OSBORNE #4059 enlisted, b. Lithgow, WW1,age  22 7/12 at Sep 1915 applied for compassion discharge to care for parents who are both nearly 70 years old.
NOK father J Osborne, 23 Enmore Rd Newtown.

[gordon5]

Again, thank you all. Hard to say if any of these are any of my family - but worth filing away in the "don't know yet" file!! I'll be doing some investigation on these, that's for sure