Gordon Blair - Mystery? or Not!

[OZScot]

If anyone finds the 1863 BC of Elizabeth's birth.

If those two signatures are from Gordon Blair then he has filled
out everyone else's birth's on the sheet and taken up a new vocation.

[majm]

There's five entries on the 1863 registration pages, with the Registrar as William Hendren.   

I agree that it is all in the same hand and that the registrar (a position paid by Qld Colonial Government) has likely completed every section including the section that requires the informant's signature.

ADD
I think you will find that the Registrar's signature (on 1863 Elizabeth record) reads W^m Hendren rather than M^r or M^rs
JM

[OZScot]

Been meaning to send everyone this link for time and dates.

It's brilliant for finding what day of the week it was that an event happened
if you just type in any date. Very handy when doing Ancestry - for me anyway.

https://www.timeanddate.com

and also http://www.thetimenow.com which is better for those with sight impairments

It also has date calculation if you want to add or subtract a time period
from dates even before 1900 which excel spreadsheets don't calculate.

I'm not sponsored by them. It's just great.

[majm]

Thanks,  appreciated.  I will share that info with some of my family history friends who are not RChatters. 

I must be very old fashioned ....

Umm.... when I read 66 years 11 months and 4 days and that this was in August, 23rd August .... I did some mental arithmetic .... 31 days in August less 4 equals 27.   Date of death as per cert plus 27 days ... has to be September .....  8 days left in August, so 19 days into September.  So Gordon's birthday 19 September.  1900-67 = 1833.

ADD  23 (rd August) less 4 = 19 (th plus the one next month) September. 


JM

[OZScot]

I have too much information in my head so I need a helper.

Anytime I can give my brain a rest it appreciates it.

[majm]

Here's Gordon Blair as Father registering Elizabeth’s 3 April 1863 birth on 22 April 1863 at Ipswich Qld.  The registrar has recorded that Gordon and Julia were married in 1863 *(it may read 1862, image is poorly pixelated ) at Ipswich Queensland.  If marrying in 1863 at Ipswich, then the marriage was obviously prior to 22 April 1863.   

My ancient living rellies include retired NSW BDM senior officers ..... they have contacted me to mention that it has always (so since March 1856) been against NSW BDM regulations (so this likely applied in Qld too) for district registrars to sign in lieu of the informant.  "Instant dismissal" apparently.   But they all agree that the 1863 sheet of five births is all in the one hand.  They also agree that by 1864 someone has 'educated' William Hendren about the regulations, for there's individual informants' signatures on that sheet of five births. 

Attaching 1863 snippet to contrast with 1864 snippet posted earlier..

JM

[jennywren001]

In the Pigots' Directory of 1825 -1826 there's a John Blair listed - Glasgow, 617 Argyle Street, Britannia Tavern. Posting on the off chance this is related in some way...
http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Scotland

The snip from the Caledonian Mercury of the 16th of Feb 1824 would indicate the 'Britannia' only came into existence some time after that date.
Jen

[Skoosh]

Where the former Lewis's building now is!

Skoosh.

[sparrett]

Very interesting. Jen and Skoosh.

So we have a John BLAIR, Hotel Keeper in Glasgow in the mid 1820's. Matches the alleged occupation of the father on the Death Certificate for Gordon BLAIR, Australia.

The Gordon BLAIR who married Jane NORVAL in 1850 would probably have a birthdate before 1830, in order to be of usual marrying age, and the sighted  one on the 1841 census, aged 15.(reply #8) would confirm this birthdate.

The confusion about place of Birth is a stumbling block.

Sue