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[Wertyperty]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwabegar_railway_line

[Wertyperty]

Not that wiki is reliable but has general info to go off.

[Wertyperty]

If you look on the official document for Ernrst's registration to the army it says mother Patrick with a line through it and a correction above saying Kate. The naa records and Anzac archive details say mother Patrick. It was only then I was able to link Ernest, Francis and his parents together, that's what led me to the study on light horseman and other studies done on this family.

[Wertyperty]

Go's to show reading the original documents can be valuable for your research 

[majm]

Please do consider contacting St Johns C of E re their parish register for Agnes marriage    it will at least give you the info that NSW BDM did not receive from Rev Gunther at the time he sent through his summary info. 

Re Frances FIRTH’s dc transcription:

Witnesses : Thomas Wesley, William Caplin
Undertaker  S Moore
Rev James Gunther, C of E
Medical Attendant  W King

NSW ER 1870 MUDGEE
Thomas WESTLEY, of Mudgee  household, Perry St, 
John WESTLEY, of Talbragar, freehold, Perry St
William KING, of Mudgee, household, Church St
Samuel MOORE, of Mudgee, freehold of Church St

May I mention  a co—incidence  the medical attendant “W King”  and the middle name for Walter SHERRY’s wife … Amy King, as per the headstone and the cutting from the newspapers, as per Trove (I leave it to you to follow through, Walter Sherry then re-married). 
http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=8647376 


From a Directory for 1867
W SHERRY, tailor, Mudgee
 

From Grevilles 1875 directory MUDGEE
William CAPLIN, sexton, Church Street

Cheers,  JM

[majm]

Go's to show reading the original documents can be valuable for your research 

Exactly so.... nothing better than getting to "hear" the voice of the person you are researching "in their own words" .... which is why I am suggesting you get to the parish register holding Agnes marriage... 

Cheers,  JM

[majm]

Re that heavy haulage railway line .... it may well be even more recent than either of us thought...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hollow_%E2%80%93_Gulgong_railway_line

Cheers,  JM

[Wertyperty]

I thought I may have read somewhere too that Amy king was a midwife, I havnt found a great deal on her though. Mum told me that mudgee says Frances had other partners is only down as notes by the church so we need to contact the church to find out if that information is on her Death certificate or not.

[majm]

Re Ernest FIRTH's brother Charles, the one mentioned on Ernest's AIF files as being in the NZEF

Here's some info
Charles Allen FIRTH, born Australia, a Shearer, n o k, Mrs Maggie Firth (mother), Pilliga, NSW, was a Private in the NZ Expeditionary Forces,  as per Auckland Cenotaph Datebase
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/locations.aspx?# 

21 pages of service records for Charles are available, digitised by NZ Archives    Image 17 has a description …. Sallow complexion, Brown Eyes, Black Hair,  31 years 5 months,  5 ft 8 ¾ inches, and a shearer.  This is on his Cert of Discharge in NZ in April 1919.    (NZEF # 11263 –Army)

 http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/


Cheers JM