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Port Fairy & Portland Bay District
1843
Births,Deaths and Marriages
Portland Mercury, for the year 1843.
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.
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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Note1: Several editions missing this year from the Mercury
Note2: this year (July 20) the Portland Mercury and Normanby Advertiser became the
Portland Mercury and Port Fairy Register
Surname Firstname Reference: Aboriginal Big Fred shot Aboriginal not named shot/at Winter's station Aboriginal male of Barrabool tribe/elderly/murdered by natives Aboriginal woman murdered/Emu Flat/South Australia Aboriginal woman killed by natives/Port Fairy-Warrnambool Aboriginal boy murdered at Grampians by other natives/he was a servant to Dr Martin for three years. Amos James whaling hand/servant of Mr Henty/death of Berry Mrs birth of triplets/at Bowden Biddle Mr murdered/South Australia/Port Lincoln Bradshaw Mr son missing/South Australia Brodie John seaman/THE DAVIDSONS/drowned overboard/from Tas. Campbell young man superintendent of B.Boyd's staion/Murray River/ committed suicide/'descendent of highly respectable family' Cane Elizabet Alice married/Geelong/to Forster FYANS Chapman Mrs Thomas birth of twins/Portland Cooke Emily Jane 14month old dau of Cecil P/death of Cooke Mrs Cecil P birth of son/Portland Crouch Mrs T.J birth of son/Portland Frost William death of/of Portland/aboard the Sally Ann (7) Fyans Forster married/Geelong/to Elizabeth Alice Cane Henty Mrs.S.G birth of daughter/Portland Howard Rev.C.B death of/South Australia (& Obit) Hunniford Alexander 27yo/death/Portland Isles Mr overseer to Mr Sutton, Merri, Port Fairy/death of. Jenkins Captain drowned Port Fairy (Dusty Miller) 'Joe' a cooper/Griffiths Island/drowned Kerby Patrick drowned/Barwon River Kerr Mrs wife of Alderman/Melbourne/birth of daughter Laurie Mrs Rev.Alex birth of son/Portland Martin Mrs James birth of son/Portland McFarlane Mr daughter missing Port Fairy/c 9yo McLean John sheep farmer/NEw England/committed suicide/Sydney Millard William farmer/Surry River/married Eliza SMITH Morris young man drowned/Marrabool river Murdock Mr murdered/Mount Barker district/South Australia/ lived with parents Smith Benjamin drowned at Oatlands, VDL/late of Launceston Smith Eliza Surry River/married William MILLARD Spence Alexander drowned/Williamstown Talberton William clerk/drowned/Yarra unnamed young girl drowned on Mr Wyer's station/Little River/Geelong unknown male remains found/Goulburn river bank unnamed seaman drowned/Port Fairy/'Sally Ann' Ward child of MR missing/Portland region Ward child of MR remains found/murdered by native? Wiggins Mrs John birth of daughter/Portland Wilson Thomas drowned/Barwon River
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