George PICKERING/Margaret CARTY

[majm]

May I also offer some conjecture

22 June 1877 the ship ‘Commonwealth’ arrived in Sydney NSW.  Onboard were many immigrants, including the following PICKERING family.

George, aged 33, a labourer, native place of Durham, Church of England, could read and write.
Alice, aged 29, also of Durham, CofE, and Read/Write
John G, aged 5, of Durham
Will Hy aged 1, of Durham, died during the voyage.   (I think this wee lad was William Henry)

http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4800/Commonwealth_22%20Jun%201877/4_480000139.jpg&No=1  (scroll through to page 9 for the Pickering family listing and page 23 for the summary of the info).

George’s parents are named on some immigration documents held by NSW Archives and digitised by at least one commercial family history website.   I read his parents as John & Eliz^h (of) Durham, and that he had a relative in the Colony, an Uncle,  James CUMMINS, of Newcastle.    The same document has Alice’s parents as B.D.  … so un-named, and ‘both dead’.

RChat’s NSW resources board includes live links to the parish registers for the Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle NSW. 

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/australia-resources-offers/

then to the NSW resources, then to reply #3  and part of it includes the following:
Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157606066769147/ 1820 – 1899 Family Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157605008173551/ 1826 – 1837 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157604433014652/ 1837 – 1838 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157605132739200/ 1839 – 1861 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157605674610949/ 1856 – 1868 Marriages Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157605785759029/ 1869 – 1885 Marriages Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157605802132868/ 1885 – 1897 Marriages Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157606197590347/ 1899 – 1913 Marriages Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157605928662968/ 1913 – 1914 Marriages Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157606308436455/ 1914 – 1916 Marriages Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157606323070651/ 1916 – 1918 Marriages Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157606450662513/ 1918 – 1929 Marriage Register
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/sets/72157606952230042/ 1929 – 1936 Marriages Register
Hopefully that info will be helpful.   

I should also carefully note that the Christ Church Cathedral is actually in the Newcastle suburb of Hexham, and Hexham in the county of Northumberland in NSW is so named in honour of Hexham, Northumberland, England. 


JM

[Jamjar]

This is possibly the marriage and births for the folk on the ship:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJN3-JS4

PICKERING, JOHN  GEORGE mmn HARKER 
GRO Reference: 1871  D Quarter in HOUGHTON LE SPRING  Volume 10A  Page 458

PICKERING, WILLIAM  HENRY mmn HARKER 
GRO Reference: 1875  J Quarter in HOUGHTON LE SPRING  Volume 10A  Page 632

I think birth and death of Alice:

HARKER, ALICE mmn CUMMINGS 
GRO Reference: 1849  D Quarter in HOUGHTON LE SPRING UNION  Volume 24  Page 198

1851 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGJB-ZJD

NSW: 7617/1879 PICKERING Alice parents GEORGE and Hannah

George and Mary had an Alice who died in 1887:

9074/1887 PICKERING Alice LITHGOW

So, if this George is the husband of Alice who died, that would mean he married Mary/Margaret in Australia, some time after 1879. If they did in fact marry.

Jamjar

[majm]

more conjecture 

At the index for Durham Records Online there’s a baptism, Houghton-le-Spring,  for a William Henry PICKERING, born 1875, of New Town,

https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ 

Likely that would be birth registered Durham district, April-June Quarter, 1875 GRO 10A/500
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/

And in 1871, John PICKERING, 49, and his son George, 25,  and their unmarried female servant, Alice HARKER, 24 in the one household – Houghton-le-Spring.   RG10, 4979/31/7

JM

[majm]

Wallsend Cemetery

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136006422  Newcastle MH  27 March 1879.

THE Friends of Mr. George PICKERING are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his deceased
Wife, ALICE : To move from his residence,New Lambton .... to Wallsend Cemetery.

JM

[Jamjar]

Wallsend Cemetery

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136006422  Newcastle MH  27 March 1879.

THE Friends of Mr. George PICKERING are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his deceased
Wife, ALICE : To move from his residence,New Lambton .... to Wallsend Cemetery.

JM

John son of JAMES (of LAMBTON) funeral, also at Wallsend, 3rd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138809968

6929/1894 CUMMINGS James parents JAMES and Margaret

4th column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133203410

Jamjar

[majm]

 

I am quoting the opening post here, and Wivenhoe's post too.  I too am interested in the details on those NSW BDM registrations.   

I have a NSW birth transcription for Matthew Lonsdale Pickering, 1887 born in Lithgow, NSW parents George Pickering stated to be born Co. Durham and married to Margaret Carty in Newcastle, definitely not NSW Newcastle, but could it be Newcastle on Tyne, thence Northumberland?? Date not given of marriage. At least 3 other children before 1887 in NSW. Margaret birthplace also Co Durham Her name down elsewhere as Mc/Mac Carty. Any pointers on this couple please. Margaret sometimes listed as Mary.

BDM NSW birth
23421/1887 PICKERING  Matthew L 
parents George / Margaret                                   @ Lithgow

marriage
5752/1915 PICKERING   Matthew L  marr. OLDMAN    Ethel     @ Petersham

Can you please list all the information on these two certificates.  Are you looking at a (typed) transcription....or an image of a handwritten document.

What other certificates do you have for BDM events in the lives of the people you are researching.

Do you have death certificates for Matthew's parents?

JM

[Jamjar]

I believe that this is the marriage and death of the John G who was on the ship:

7186/1893 PICKERING John G to DYSON Margaret E WALLSEND

14254/1954 PICKERING John George parents GEORGE and ALICE KURRI KURRI

Death, 2nd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134660332

Funeral: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134661385

Jamjar

[majm]

I believe that this is the marriage and death of the John G who was on the ship:

7186/1893 PICKERING John G to DYSON Margaret E WALLSEND

14254/1954 PICKERING John George parents GEORGE and ALICE KURRI KURRI

Funeral: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134661385

Jamjar

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138745451  Newcastle Herald 16 Oct 1917... John DYSON's deceased estate administered by John George PICKERING and another.    (ADD 3rd column)

JM

[Jamjar]

There was a child born after arrival:

18486/1878 PICKERING James William parents GEORGE and ALICE LAMBTON

Jamjar