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Port Fairy & Portland Bay District
1849
Births,Deaths and Marriages
Portland (later Belfast) Gazette, for the year 1849.
Some of the references (as noted) are also for intercolonial or international B,D,M's, but the majority refer to
residents in the Port Fairy and Portland district.
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All care taken in transcriptions, but obvious spelling errors might occur as original spelling is retained.
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Note1: Nearly all editions between January-March of this year are missing from the Gazette.
Note2: this year (April 6) the Portland Gazette became the Belfast Gazette and Portland and Warrnambool Advertiser.
Surname Firstname Reference: Aboriginal petrified remains found in cave A'Beckett Sir Justice married Matilda HAYLY/at Melbourne Aitcheson Mrs Peter lately married Mr TURLEY/question mark over legality of marriage/suspended Minister. Anderson Phillip publican/Melbourne/married Mgt.NEWLAND Arlett/Arbett George murdered Melbourne?/found safe on boat. Armstrong Emily Rose dau.of E of Lower Broughton/married to Charles John SANFORD Aubrey Mr drowned/New Zealand. Back?Beck George son of Mr/aged 23/death of. Barber George solicitor/married Charlotte MEARA Barnes Mrs Belfast/birth of son (Port Fairy) Bartley Mary Ann died Geelong/late of Van Diemens Land Baxter Mr, wife & sister drowned/Guichen Bay Beevor James 'Captain'/murdered Port Lincoln by natives Beilby William father of J.Wood Beilby of Portland District/ died Edinburgh, Scotland Bell Henrie merchant/Melb/death of at Brighton Beck George 23yo/death/at Portland Blackwood James married at Hobart to Eliza HUNTER Bourke Lieut.Gen.Sir Richard death of. Bowden young man death of/formerly of Portland Bradbury Charles death/Inspector of Schools Van Diemens Land Broughton Mrs Revd.Wm.G death of/age 66 years/at Darlinghurst Brock Mr death of/Woodford/left wife and children Brown Charles death of/Portland Brown John servant of Baxter/drowned/Guichen Bay Bryant Edmund death of/River Loddon Burgess Murray son of Francis/married Emma ROSS Burns 2yo son of John father an innkeeper Portland/death of Burns Sarah dau.of James of Holywood/Dumfrieshire/married James Foggan/innkeeper Portland Burton Hon.W.W married Madras/to Maria A.WEST Calvert John of Colac/married Jane MURRAY Causon C drowned/Guichen Bay Causon J drowned/Guichen Bay Cheine Waller Glass death of/at 'Woodburn',Merri River. Chisholm George of Warrnambool/married Miss O'NEIL Cole Mrs John death/Portland Connolly James Mayne solicitor/death of/Portland Corney Mrs.Dr birth of child/at Koroite (Coleraine) Crawford Mrs death of/Merri punt/Warrnambool Cummings Captain master of'Maid of the Mill'/drowned N.Z? Cussen Dr Colonial Surgeon/death of at Melb./57yo. Cuter C drowned/Guichen Bay Derrick J drowned/Guichen Bay Dickinson Alice dau.of Rev/married Richard RUTLEDGE Dockray Mr master 'Brothers'/drowned Warrnambool (2) Dredge Mrs.T birth of son/Melbourne. Dunbar Thomas death by Suicide/Melbourne Dutton Francis.S married Caroline McDERMOTT/at Adelaide Dutton William.Hampden death of/Melbourne/aged 45y. Eccles James death of/Collingwood Finn Ellen dau. of Thomas of Hartley/married Jas KIRBY Finn John Postmaster, Hartley/death of Foggan James innkeeper/married Sarah BURNS Franklin Eleanor Isabella dau.of Sir.John RN/married Rev.J.P.GELL Gell D aboard the missing 'Calypso' enroute to N.Z Gell Revd.John.P late VDL/married Eleanor Iabella FRANKLIN Goldsmith Henry buried/same date as his birthdate Gorman Mr his servant's wife drowned/of Tower Hill. Gorringe Emma L dau of Thos.F/married Pringle WHYTE/at 'Woodville',Tasmania Greene Mrs.E.B birth of daughter/St Kilda Grey MR death of/Wannon Hawkes S drowned/Guichen Bay Hawkins Mr.S.P of 'Cashmere',Wando/married Miss HUTCHINSON Hayly Matilda married Sir Justice A'Beckett Headlam Ann Harriett dau.of John./marr. John MACKERSEY/Macquarie River Henty Mrs.F birth of dau/Merino Downs Hodgson Edward Wilson death/at Melbourne/formerly of Hobart/Surveyor Hopkins Sarah wife of Henry/died Van Diemens Land Hovendon Mrs William birth of son/Port Fairy Huck William drowned/Guichen Bay Hume A.W married Mary Ann STEELE Hunter Eliza dau.of Robert Officer/married Jas BLACKWOOD Hutchinson Miss of Glenelg/married S.P. HAWKINS Hutchinson Peter of Bushy Creek/married Mary RONALD Jones male murdered/Auckland.Pomare arrested Kennedy E.B death of/former Surveyor Kennedy Mary married at Bridgewater to Matthew PALMER Kirby James of Glenelg River/married Ellen FINN Lewis Benjamin death of/late of Portland Lewis Mrs.W see W.PRICE Lockhart W missing, presumed drowned/Grange McDermott Caroline dau of Marshall/married Francis.S.DUTTON McKinnon Jane Montgomery Mary wife of Lachlan/died/at Sydney McLaughlan Captain death of/Launceston/captain of 'John'. McLean Donald death of/settler/Emu Creek/at Portland McLean Donald estate administration notice. Macdonald John Charles 14yo.son of John/died/Warrnambool Mackersey John son of J.of Greenhill, Macquarie River/married to Ann Harriett HEADLAM Maitland William butcher/death of /at Portland Maitland William estate administration notice Middleton Elizabeth wife of Wm/died/Port Fairy (Belfast) Miller Mr killed/Melbourne Montague Alfred Otter death/at Kangaroo Point, Tasmania Moore Joseph snr/aged 61y/died Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) Meara Charlotte .A dau of Geo.of "Merrion' VDL/married Geo.BARBER Moriarty Ellen sister of Captain Moriarty RN/died at Hobart/ father Admiral Moriarty Murray Jane daughter of Hugh/married John CALVERT Must Mrs birth of daughter. Newland Margaret late of Kirkcudbright, Scot/marr.Philip.ANDERSON Officer ? Eliza Hunter dau.of Robert Officer/married Jas BLACKWOOD O'Neil Miss daughter of Daniel of Merri River/married George CHISHOLM Osborn C drowned/Guichen Bay Osborne Mary Erin dau of T.H/death of/Merri River. Palmer Matthew married at Bridgewater to Mary KENNEDY Parke Mrs Port Fairy/birth of son and heir Patterson Helen dau of Alex,formerly of Syd/married Geo READE Penn George Reg. 33 yo/death of/at Melbourne Pickering Elizabeth dau of Wm/death of/6yo/ Pilleau Mrs Arthur death of/at Hilgay. Price W father of Mrs.W.Lewis of Portland/died just prior to reaching port/late Adelaide & London Read George Frederick son of G.F of Hobart/married Helen PATTERSON Rigby Mr death of/at Warrnambool Robertson Mrs Charles birth of dau/Portland Robson 5yo boy death by burns/Portland Ronald Mary dau.of George of Glasgow,Scot/married to Peter HUTCHINSON of Bushy Creek. Ross Emma dau.of Jas/married Murray BURGESS/at VDL. Ross William missionary/death/age 45/at Melbourne. Rutledge Richard married Alice DICKINSON Sanders Captain John.Turner death of/Port Fairy/late mariner Sanford Charles John son of John,of Stockpor/married Emily ARMSTRONG Sayer T drowned/Guichen Bay Scott Georgiana Caroline dau of McKay.H.Scott of Inverness, Scotland/ married Charles.J.TYERS Sherratt Mrs Charles birth of dau./'Yatual', Glenelg Sinclair Margaret wife of George Sutherland Sinclair of Brabster, Co.Caithness, Scotland./death of. Sinclair Camilla daughter of George Sutherland Sinclair of Brabster, Co Caithness/death of Spadley James murdered/Pyrenees Spencer John brother of S./drowned/Kawhia/N.Z Stamp John late of London/surgeon superintendent of the 'Tasman'/death of Stanley Captain Edw. death of/age 30/at Hobart Steele Mary Ann dau.of Rev.Roger of Doncaster, Yorkshire/ married A.W.HUME Stewart Robert Barrister/died Hobart Stone Mr murdered South Australia/overland from NSW? Sutherland Mrs.Dr.W.S birth of daughter. Tacket T drowned/Guichen Bay Taylor John cook of 'Sarah Louise'/drowned /Port Fairy Turley Mr lately married Mrs Peter Aitcheson/question mark over marriage legality/suspended Minister Tyers Charles J married Georgiana C.SCOTT unnamed 5yo child killed at Brown's station, Mr Napier/dray ran over him.(Probably at Squattleseamere?) unnamed 2 children death from burns/parents worked for Capt.Webster unnamed 2 seamen drowned Kapiti/N.Z/of the 'Petrel' unnamed woman drowned crossing Spring Creek?/her husband was a servant of Gorman, of Tower Hill. unknown remains found Fitzroy River/probably remains of the seaman who bolted from the Grecian whaler? unnamed male shot by barman/Campbell's Inn/Glenelg? West Maria Alphonsine dau.of J.B (an MP at Dublin/married at Madras to the Hon.W.W.BURTON White Richard death/aged 77/at Launceston VDL Whyte Pringle married Emma L GORRINGE Whyte William death/of Whyte Bros, Konongwootong. Wilkinson Captain, Mrs & child drowned/Guichen Bay Willis Mrs John Walpole birth of daughter at Corron Brook,Langhane, Carmaithersher? Wood John.N son of Wm.of Snake Banks,VDL/died Sydney Young John bullock driver/death
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