William Rawlings and Harriet Walton

[PinkFairy7]

Hi.

Im trying to find out where William Rawlings or Rowlings and Harriet Walton were born. I dont have a great deal of information. they have a daughter Naomi Rawlings born 25.04.1862 in QLD died 08.09.1929. i found out their names from QLD BDM search.

Under BDM QLD i found Williams death:

Year 1911   
Reg# C3179
First name(s) William
Last name Rawlings
Father
Mother    -    - ** born England aged 76 years

even though this note "** born England aged 76 years" is under the mothers name is it to be assumed that they mean William was born in England?

I tried looking for a marriage for William and Harriett in QLD as this is where Naomi was born found nothing and looked under NSW and nothing, either they werent married in Australia like im lead to believe or i have spelling wrong or something?

thanks so much for your time

      

[giblet]

Year 1911   
Reg# C3179
First name(s) William
Last name Rawlings
Father
Mother    -    - ** born England aged 76 years

even though this note "** born England aged 76 years" is under the mothers name is it to be assumed that they mean William was born in England?

Yes it means he was born in England and was 76 years old.

QLD death index
Harriet Rowlings
1915   C2501   Father Francis Walton     Mother Mary Clarke

[cupoflife]

There seem to be quite a few other births

1858 C375 Harriet Rowland; Father-William; Mother-Harriet Walton
1859 C496 Annie Rose Rawlings; Father-William; Mother-Harriet Walton
1859 C480 Rose Rowling; Father-William; Mother-Harriet Walton
1862 C189 Naomi Rowlings; Father-William; Mother-Harriett Walton
1865 C383 Francis Rowlings; Father-William; Mother-Harriet Walton   
1868 C1598 William Rowling; Father-William; Mother-Harriett Walton
1872 C1610 Helen Eliza Rowlings; ; Father-William; Mother-Harriett Walton
1874 C1901 Edward Rowlings; Father-William; Mother-Harriett Walton
1881 C1390 Mary Rowlings; Father-William; Mother-Harriet Walton
1883 C1945 George Thomas Rowlings; Father-William; Mother-Harriet Walton

Found this death but have not found a birth
1971 C5468 Alice Ann Rayment; Father-William Rawlings; Mother-Harriet Walton

[Dundee]

Marriage

28 Nov 1859
C326
Harriet  WALTON
William  ROWLING

Debra 

[cupoflife]

This may be your Harriet Walton (will need to confirm)
Born in Syston, Leicestershire, England on 1841 to Francis Walton and Mary Clarke.
http://records.ancestry.com.au/harriet_walton_records.ashx?pid=44130277

Francis Walton http://records.ancestry.com/francis_walton_records.ashx?pid=44125997
Born in Syston, Leicestershire, England on 1819 to William Walton and Jane Baile. Francis married Mary Clarke.
Looks like Mary (Clarke) Walton dies in 1850 and Francis remarries in 1851?
Immigration shows Francis age 35 with wife Hannah age 25, she is too young to be the mother of his older children, Mary 16, Harriet 11, Eliza 9 and Hannah 4.
This looks like their immigration
http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.asp?Page=NRS5316/4_4790/Parsee_11%20Jan%201853/4_479000396.jpg&No=18

NSW Death 6059/1875 WALTON, FRANCIS; Father-  ; Mother-MARY; FORBES
Mother shown as Mary? information on death may not be reliable as only this is provided by informant

[cupoflife]

Could this be William's Immigration?
1852 on the ship 'Meridian'; arriving Morton Bay;
William Rowling, age 18, Cambridgeshire
http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.asp?Page=NRS5316/4_4790/Meridian_10%20Aug%201852/4_479000239.jpg&No=14

[cupoflife]

A long shot...
Could this be William's family? (some of the family names match his childrens names)
http://records.ancestry.com/abraham_rowling_records.ashx?pid=38636293
"William Rowling: Born in Bassingbourn, England on 30 Dec 1835 to Abraham Rowling and Charlotte Rosendale. He passed away on 10 Sep 1918 in Inglewood, Qsd, Aus."
(Not sure the above date of death is correct as I can't find a William Rowling/Rawling(s) with date of death 10/09/1918 on Qld BDM)
Adding: Thanks Judith, for that death 1918 William Rowlings, (date 9/9/1918, ** born England aged age 87 years )
A better age fit is the William RAWLINGS death 3/4/1911 Reg# C3179  ** born England aged 76 years

[judb]

QLD BMD has this death

1918, C5078
William Rowlings
 ** born England aged 87 years

Thus b abt 1831, so dates slightly out, however.............

Judith

[PinkFairy7]

Wow thanks so much for your time and effort thats incredible what you guys have found. i wish i knew what you know to find this information. it makes me super excited to keep researching and find more!! you have given me great leads.

just wanting to understand the different spelling for Williams surname either rawlings and rowlings doesnt really mean they are different people but on records the name spelling could have been a misunderstanding?

and cupoflife you mentioned " information on death may not be reliable as only this is provided by informant" does that mean that when im looking on BDM for which ever state and record type to take what names they have provided with a pinch of salt as there could be a slight chance its wrong? im just trying to understand the accuracy of the BDM records searches you can do? is this the same with the dates of birth and death or is this mostly accurate for the older type records.

thanks again so much for everyones help i hope you all get some lovely karma come your way