Marriage certificate as follows:
Date: 16 January, 1889.
Place: Moor Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Groom: Septimus Thompson of South Melbourne, Butcher (born Newcastle, England).
Bride: Rosa Maria Grimsley of South Melbourne, Servant (born Harrietville, Victoria).
Minister: Nathaniel Kinsman.
Birth certificate of daughter, Hilda Margaret Thompson as follows:
Date: 19 September, 1889.
Place: 192 Cecil Street, South Melbourne.
Name: Hilda Margaret.
Father: Septimus Thompson, butcher (aged 30 years; from South Shields, Eng.).
When and where married: 16 January. 1889, Fitzroy, Victoria (no previous issue).
Mother: Rosa Marie Thompson formerly Grimsley, aged 24; from Harrietville, Vic.).
Septimus's death certificate as follows:
Date: 21 June, 1897.
Place: Hospital, Gipps Road (now street), East Melbourne.
Name: Septimus Thompson, Butcher.
Age: 40 years.
Cause: Phthisis (tuberculosis), Exhaustion; Duration of illness unknown.
Father and mother: Unknown.
Burial: 23 June, 1897 in Melbourne Cemetery.
Where born: England.
Time in Victoria: Unknown.
If deceased was married: Single.
Puzzle: Why would Septimus have his marital status recorded as single on his death certificate? I have searched divorce records for the time and found nothing. I know Rosa re-married a few years later. The best explanation I can come up with is that they separated before his death.
The questions are probably unanswerable, but if anyone can shed any light on this I would love to hear from you.
Peter
