Dan, there’s a
Hawthorn STEWART who was aged 85 when he died in 1929 in Victoria. The dc reference no. is 10369. The online index gives Hawthorn’s parents as Jno Stewart STEWART and Martha KY.
There is a marriage for a
Hawthorn STEWART in Victoria in 1926. The reference No. is 13246.
Dan, the info on Victoria’s BDM is as good or better than Scotland’s. You can download Victoria BDMs immediately via your plastic card, and you can save some of the pennies if you already have the reference no. (I typed up TWO possibles earlier in this post).
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/index-search?action=purchaseImage This RChat thread gives you an excellent insight into what to expect on VIC BDMS
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,373754.0.htmlAlso, Dan, You will also find a Mr
Hawthorn STEWART, a Single Scotch Male ticketed to Melbourne, Australia on the “Ballaarat” departing London, England 28 August 1895.
Other sightings for you, possibly to help with your other threads on other boards
There is a
Hawthorn STEWART, aged 4 MONTHS travelling as a passenger on the “California” from Glasgow to New York departing 11 Nov 1910. He was with Mrs STEWART, AGED 28, AND James aged 6, Henry aged 4, and David aged 3. They were all Scotch.
There is a
Hawthorne STEWART, ('
e'' in his given name !) a Farmer at Kurow in 1882 and 1893 and 1896 (Kurow is in New Zealand)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=399.0 This is the link to RChat’s Resources Board for Australia. When you click on that link you will be taken to a series of child boards. These include child boards for each of the States and Territories that are part of the Australian Federation.
Here’s a link that may also be very helpful as it was prepared by one of our Moderators for the Australian Board. It is ***HOW TO REQUEST A LOOKUP***
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=368728.0I have not looked very far at all for your elusive STEWART family. The surname is very popular, as is STEWARD, STUART and other spelling variations that can be found in Australian indexes due to the accents of either the person providing the verbal information or the person recording the verbal information.
There is NO national BDM institution. Each State and territory has their own records, similarly they each have their own Parliaments which sit in the respective capital cities. All the state Parliaments have written constitutions, initially provided as 19th Century Acts of the English Parliament and so each State's Parliament (and their institutions including their BDM registries) pre-date the Federal parliament in Canberra. Try this link:
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs89.aspxCheers, JM
