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Port Fairy & Portland Bay district
1848
Births,Deaths and Marriages

The following index is for births, deaths, marriages and inquests as mentioned in the Portland Guardian
and Portland Gazette, for the year 1848.
Some of the references (as noted) are also for intercolonial or international B,D,M's.

Further Information from this index can be obtained from Jenny. General 'Lookups" not available.

All care taken in transcriptions, but obvious spelling errors might occur as original spelling is retained.

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Note: Nearly all editions between January-April of this year are missing from both publications.

Surname		Firstname		Reference:

Aboriginal	male			buried locally by other natives
Adamson		Mary Ann		wife of Thomas/death/29yo
Addison		John Elliott		death/at Hobart
Allison		Mrs James		birth of daughter.
Arthur		Charles.V		death at sea/son of Major-Genl.Hon.Sir Geo.
Arthur		Henry			nephew of Sir George/death/Longford, VDL

Barr		Henry			married at Mount Eccersley to Anna BELL
Barrett		Mrs.A.F			birth of dau.
Bell		Anna			married Henry BARR/at Mount Eccersley
Budds		William			death of/at Geelong
Bunster		Belinda			dau of Wm/married Thomas YOUNG.
Burns		Mrs			innkeeper/birth of son.
Byass		Mrs Lovell		birth of son

Cain		James			death/45yo/merchant.
Campbell	James			of Ottar/married Isabella Smith/at Moorabool
Cheine		Mr			carpenter/remains found/Limestone Ridge.
Clay		Mrs. F			birth of daughter.
Cleary		Miss			death by snakebite/Richmond punt.
Connell		Sir Maurice		death of/at Sydney
Connor		Mrs			illegitimate child/Melb/father in Customs dept.
Coppin		Marie Augusta		wife of George/death of/Adelaide.
Cox		Robert			murdered/Moreton Bay
Crawford	James			Rifle Downs/death/29yo/late of Cummock, Ayrshire
Crouch		T.J			death/at Hobart.
Cruickshank	Mrs A.R			birth of dau.
Cruickshank	infant of A.R		daughter/death.

Dansey		Augustus		executed for murder.
Davies		Mrs			birth of son/stillborn
Dredge		Sarah			dau of Rev.James of Geelong/married Wm THOMAS
Drummond	Mrs Dr			birth of daughter/Portland
Drummond	infant daughter		(Christina)/of James/died/aged 20 mos.
Dunlap		Thomas			30yo/death/of Smokey River/bullock team
Dunn		John			death/at Kilmore.

Edkins		Mrs.R.J			birth of son
Evans		Alexander Fredk		death of/Glenelg.

Finlayson	Christina McDonald	2yo dau of Graham/death of.
Finn		Thomas			death/New York/brother of John of
					Hartley, in New South Wales.
Foxton		John Greenlaw		son of John/married Elizabeth POTTS
Fyfe		William			executed Sydney/ex Moreton Bay

Gatenby		Andrew			death of/Tasmania
Green		known as "Flash Green"	death/Glenorchy station/best shearer
					in Western District.probably the same as
Green		William			servant to Henry Monro/inquest.
Grotty ?	Mr			died Belfast (Port Fairy)/from fall of tree.

Harrison	William			married/Tasmania/to Harriet Whiteford SMITH
Hatfield/Willis	Ann			wife of Wm /Inquest held
Henty		Francis Elizabeth	wife of Thomas/death/73yo
Henty		Mrs.S.G			birth of child.
Hobson		E.C			death/Port Phillip
Hopkins		Stephen			death/Weiraby
Howard		Mrs.J.E or J.B		birth of son.
Hudspeth	James			master of 'Grecian' whaler
Hughes		Samuel Terry		elopement/with Charlotte KECK
Hume		Mrs Dr			death of/at Belfast (Port Fairy)

Iredale		Lancelot		death/59yo/at Surry Hills

Johnson		Mr			solicitor/died at sea/enroute to Adelaide.
					son in law of G.F.Angas.
Johnstone	Mrs			birth of daughter.

Kay		Mrs.D			birth of daughter.
Keck		Charlotte		elopement/with Samuel Terry HUGHES

Landrum		Thomas			murdered/Lake Timboon
Learmonth	Mrs			birth of twin sons/Haddens Cottage
Learmonth	William Penny		son of Wm of Ettrick/death
Livesay		Mrs.G.N			birth of son/at Sea.
Lyng		John			death of/former sailor with Captain Cook
Luck		Matthew			murdered/Williamstown.had a brother in Hobart

Macdougall	James Campbell		death of/at Hobart.Editor.
Mackinlay	Alexander		death of/Glenelg Inn.
Mackinlay	Mrs.A			birth of daughter/at Glenelg.
Mallen		John			murdered Burnbank?
Marryat		Augusta Sophia		married London to Sir Hy Edw.FOX
Matthews	Felton			death/46yo/at Lima/formerly of New Zealand.
McCormack	Mr			death/Border Inn
McGregor	Mrs			birth of son/Eumeralla.
McLeay		Alexander		death/at Tivoli/82yo
McNall		Sarah			Relict of John of Newtown/death/Melb.
Montgomery	Fanny,widow of F.W	married Francis J.S.Stephen/at Sydney
Morriss		Henry Bebb		death of/at Luton,. Bedfordshire/Eng
Munro		Mrs John		Border Inn/birth of dau.

O'Donnell	Martin			death/settler/Geelong district/wife & 9 chn.

Paine		Mr			Chief Officer/Coquette/drowned.
Partridge	MR			death of/Melbourne
Porter		George			death/48yo/Melbourne
Potts		Elizabeth		dau of T.C/married John FOXTON
Pretty		Richard			death/drowned Marambool/Geelong

Rhodes		George			death of/Glenlivit.
Robertson	Charles			snr/died at Edinburgh, 1847.
Robinson	Joseph Phelps		death of
Rose		William			butcher/death/Collins Street/Melbourne
Reynolds	Mary (child?)		taken by aboriginals c 4yo/now 8yo?sighted
					by bullock driver/of Geelong region

Seal		Stephen			death/Adelaide/late VDL.
Shaughnessy	Mr			body? found Salt Water River
Sherwin		Henry			death of/ex Launceston/enroute to S.A/
					buried at Portland.
Simpson		JOhn			death of/Merri Creek
Smith		Harriet Whiteford	dau.of M.L.Smith/married Tasmania to 
					William Harrison.
Smith		Isabella		dau of Donald of Glen Nevis/Inverness/
					married at Moorabool to John CAMPBELL
Stephen		Francis J.S		of Melb/married at Sydney to Fanny, widow
					of F.W.Montgomery
Stephen		Mrs.G.M			birth of son/Adelaide.
Sullivan	Daniel			cooper/ex 'Grecian'/drowned when on the
					run from ship/enroute to Port Fairy.
Sullivan	Mr			death of/killed near Port Fairy.

Thomas		William Jackson		of "Strangeway'/Merri Creek/married to
					Sarah DREDGE
Tracey		Miss M			of Collingwood/married G.A.F.WILSON

Unnamed		'Maniac'(male)		died/Portland/hasty inquest
Unnamed		male			bullock driver/drowned crossing the
					Fitzroy river/enroute to Henty's station.
Unnamed		male			shepherd of Wm Rutledges/murdered.
Unnamed		male			murdered by brother of Edward Denny Day/
					at Mount Macedon.
Unnamed		male			drowned/enroute Port Fairy to Portland 
					whilst conveying Customs paperwork.

Wade		Mrs Henry		birth of daughter.
Walker		Mrs William		birth of daughter/Mosquito Creek
Walker		infant daughter		of William/death of/4 mos/Mosquito Creek
Wheeler		William			aged 72/ex VDL whaler/died at Portland
Whitford	William			murdered/Mount Macedon
Whyte		Mrs.C.J			birth of child/at Koroite.
Williams	Charles			death of/inquest held.
Willis/Hatfield	Ann			wife of Wm/inquest
Wilson		G.A.F			druggist/Melbourne/married Miss M TRACEY
Witton		Mrs W.			birth of dau.

Young		Thomas			son of Wm of Mount Koroite/married Belinda
					BUNSTER 
Young		Sir Henry Edward Fox	married at London to August Sophia Marryat


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