Gordon Blair - Mystery? or Not!

[sparrett]

This sounds like a very good step you have taken OZscott.

If they locate something I hope they send good scans with signatures for us all to look at.

The delay in the marriage, even though the comfy home was all set up and children arriving, is significant for some reason.  possibly the NORVAL marriage. BUT maybe not.

Sue

 

[OZScot]

Yes Sue can't wait.
I asked them for everything they had except what the cat had for breakfast.

Don't expect it right away though ... Hmm.. this has been too long already 50 mins ago.   

[majm]

You may need to wait a tad more than 50 minutes .....  Both churches would likely be busy, as they will be preparing for tomorrow's Good Friday services.   You may need to wait until next week or longer.   

JM

[majm]

My Transcription Qld BDM 1864 Births in the District of Ipswich registered Ipswich 21 June 1864 by William Hendren, downloaded today 13 April 2017.   There are FIVE registrations on the one double page image (pages 281 & 282)

527 
When and where born
26th May 1864

Name and whether present or not
Isabella Dun, not present

Sex
Female

PARENTS
Father
(1)   Name and surname   (2) Rank or Profession of the Father   (3) Age   (4) Birthplace
1.   Gordon Blair
2.   Clerk
3.   31 years
4.   Scotland

(1)   When and where married
(2)   Previous issue, living and deceased
1.   In 1862 at Brisbane Queensland
2.   1 girl dead

Mother
(1)   Name and Maiden Surname of the Mother
(2)   Age and
(3)   Birthplace
1.   Julia Droughton
2.   27 years
3.   Ireland

Signature, description and residence of the informant (JM notes : see *SNIP attached, look for the ‘d’ in Gordon, an unusual place for a capitalised ‘D’ for a clerk…. )

GorDon Blair
Father
Woodend Ipswich

No Accoucheur, No Nurse, Mrs Hogan as a witness.

…………………….

Our OP has Elizabeth’s birth cert (opening posts, see quote this reply), and info from it, and now we have Gordon’s signature available via Isabella’s birth registration and info from it too.  So now we finally have the conflicting evidence provided by Gordon Blair re when and where married.

1863: 3 April Elizabeth is born and he is Gordon Blair 31yrs & Clerk. Mother Julia Droughton 25yr born Ireland. Gordon says they are married in 1863 in Ipswich Qld. ---

JM

[OZScot]

Just a comment regarding signatures and their likely comparison.
Experts says that people's signatures change over the years and they sign differently.

I know myself I have and I'm sure everybody's has as well.
I used to put my initials nicely separated followed by surname nice and neat.

Then I jammed them up closer together and not so neat and then I saw a friend of mine
who is was a solicitor who signed his with big bold old fashioned scrolling letters with Esq
and I thought how good that looked so I did similar [without Esq] and now it's something
only I could recognise because it looks like a spider's web.

I would still be able to recognise my old one's however.

[OZScot]

I posted at the same time.
This was just a comment on signatures in general before your post.

[majm]

Yes, agree, but not a lot of change should occur between say 1856ish and 1864ish.... particularly change to the letter D in middle of given name.... 

Very little change in my own signature from 1960s to now,  still very difficult for 21st century eyes to read.  Very easy for 1940s eyes though.

JM

[Ruskie]

I am not sure that is a capital D in the middle of Gordon. I see it as a small d with the curved riser looped around to join onto the next ketter - o. I know it is different from the other ds, being lower and smaller, but that is how I see it. 

[majm]

Hi Ruskie,

I have the advantage of the pdf enlarged to 680% but here's a new snip.



JM