Also, I have been told that Finlay and Catherine were buried in a roadside grave, possibly the reason why I cannot find mention of their burial anywhere. Further, I can't find a newspaper article that mentions either their death or their burial.
.... I do know the supposed death dates for Finlay and Catherine, and that is the 29th of Nov 1866 and the 19th of November 1868. ...
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NB NSW BDM death certificates include details of burial (or cremation) and have done so since civil registration commenced in 1856. I would expect a roadside burial to be noted on the dc. BUT ... if there was a coroner's enquiry, in the second half of the 19th C it is possible that the burial order was not followed up with a formal registration of the death, particularly if in rural NSW where due to sparse population, it may be several years between inquests and not everyone remembered the formal paperwork processes.
Hi,
Using the “Date of Event” option at NSW BDM online index, I can find that index has the following for 17 – 18 -19 November 1868.
Registered Scone district:
Female MCDONALD (and as Macdonald), parents as William and Ann #6518
Registered Maitland district
Catherine MCDONALD, (and as Macdonald) father as John, died Maitland #4874
Registered Sydney district
Catherine McDONALD, (and as Macdonald) parents as James and Bedelia #464
Using same option re dates (Nov 1866 etc)
Finley MCDONALD (and as Macdonald), aged 70 years, died Scone, registered Scone #6568.
I would expect that these official records (or official transcriptions of them) would include details of their burials.
JM
