Hi
The information I have is for Mary Louisa and her siblings.
Bessie Bernard (registered as LEWIS, mother Betsey Anna BERNARD)
Born 6 May 1857
Mary Louisa (registered as LEWIS mother Elizabeth Hannah BERNARD)
Born 17 Aug 1861
Laura (probably LEWIS but I can’t find a birth reg.)
Born 25 Sep 1862
Harry (registered as POWER mother Elizabeth BERNARD)
Born 16 Feb 1865 (? hard to read)
Emily Morrish (registered as POWER mother Elizabeth BENARD)
Born 1869
Sarah Morrish (registered as POWER mother Elizabeth BERNARD)
Born 1871
(Father’s name given as Martin but mother is Elizabeth BERNARD so his recorded name might be an error. Also see my comments below)
Violet Mabel (registered as POWER mother Elizabeth Hannah BARNARD)
Born 1874
The oldest four children were made wards of the state in 1867 as neglected children, and Laura and Louisa were readmitted in 1874. The registers are digitised online on the PROV website.
To search within the relevant series, go here
http://tinyurl.com/p9p2jl5Put 4527 in the VPRS box
Put POWER in the "With any of the words" box
Search
Scroll through the results to find each child and click on their name. On the next page you will see either PDF or JPG, click on that and the digisted record will download.
You are looking for:
Louisa POWER (No. 2315) 1867 (this is Mary Louisa)
Laura POWER (No. 2316) 1867
Harry POWER (No. 2317) 1867
Bessie Bernard POWER (No. 2380) 1867
Laura POWER (No. 7775) 1874
Louisa POWER (No. 7776) 1874
The 1867 records are difficult to read, but the same notes are repeated on the 1874 records and they are much clearer. The children are referenced to each other on the records.
Father Thomas POWER, a miner, supposed to be in NZ on 16/5/67. Mother Elizabeth H. POWER an attendant in the schools on 16/5/67. (the earlier documents name her as Eliz. Hannah)
Just a note about the name of the father on Sarah's birth reg. If you have a look at Trove, there was a man named Martin MORRISH around at the time so would be worth consideration as a possible father for those two girls. The 1874 notes still reference back to Thomas being in NZ in 1867 with no update so I think it unlikely that he was the father of the later children.
I know this is not really of help regards William Tomsey Creech. I have found mention of a William Tomsey Creech in London,before my W T Creech was born,so maybe a relative,the name is not common and the tomsey at a guess as come down from maybe a females surname.
I will purchase some certificates once I have the funds to do so,bit strapped at the moment.
Sharon