Sorting Saturday - Ignored Clues on scanned Birth Certificates

This is a follow-up to my previous post Sorting Saturday - BDM Certificates from Various Heaps .The BDM's I had to take to Kinko's, AKA Fed-Ex Office, are from Western Australia and just won't fit on my Canon CanoScan N1220U. When I first started in genealogy I didn't realise exactly how much there was on these certificates.

These West Australian Birth Certificates (from 1898-1906) have:

1. Number in Register
2. Child: When and where Born
3. Child: Name and whether present at registration or not
4. Sex
5. Father: Name and Surname, Rank or Profession, Age, and Birth-place
6. Father: When and Where married, Previous Issue living and deceased
7. Mother: Name and Maiden Surname, Age, and Birth-place
8. Informant: Signature, Description, and Residence of Informant
9. Witness: Name of Accoucheur, Nurse by whom certified, and Names of Occupiers or other Witnesses
10. Registrar: When registered and where
11. Registrar: Signature of District Registrar
12. Name, if added after the Regisration of Birth.
13. Certification that this is a true copy of the register kept in Western Australia

I had previously entered the obvious items into my Family Tree Maker files and now, after verifying I hadn't made an error, I took a look at the Informant And Witness columns.

The informant for my Uncle Harold in 1898 was his father (nothing new there). But his father Harry was listed as an occupier of the house where Harold was born. i.e. he was born at home. This also held true for my Aunt Evelyn's birth in 1901 and my Aunt Ida's birth in 1904.

I found I hadn't missed very much the first time around.

The indices (or indexes) for Births, Deaths and Marriages in the state of Western Australia can be found at WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Surname Saturday - Brothers

For this Surname Saturday post I'm going to my Mother's family, the Brothers. According to my cousin we are only "grace-and-favour Brothers" because, as you will see, Great Grandmother Elizabeth declined to name the father(s) of any of her children.

1. Rosemary Tissott (1940 - )

2. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT (1911-2006), son of Harry TISSOTT and Mary LINDSAY was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and passed away on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. Dad married Eileen Mary Brothers on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia.
3. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Dagenham, Essex, England and passed away on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales. In 1911 her family emigrated to Victoria, Australia where they encountered severe drought conditions forcing them to walk away from their farm and move to Narrogin, Western Australia.
Eileen Mary BROTHERS and Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT had the following children:
1. i. Rosemary TISSOTT
ii. Female Tissott (living)
iii. Male Tissott (living)


6. Walter Albert BROTHERS (1876-1964), was born on 19 Jan 1876 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England to Elizabeth Brothers. He married Sarah REEDER on 03 Nov 1900 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England (at the Primitive Methodist Chapel.) and died on 18 Jul 1964 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia. Walter was a Teamster, teaching the handling of large teams of horses at an Agricultural College in Western Australia.
7. Sarah REEDER (1874-1951) was born on 10 Mar 1874 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 05 Jan 1951 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.
Sarah REEDER and Walter Albert BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Ronald Brothers was born on 15 Nov 1901 in Bow, Middlesex, England (72 Malmesbury Road). He married Lynetta Dorothea Clark on 16 Mar 1927 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia and died on 23 Jan 1932 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia in a railway accident leaving a young widow and a 3-month old baby.
3.    ii. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England. She died on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. She married Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.


13.    Elizabeth BROTHERS (1842-), daughter of Matthew BROTHERS and Elizabeth BEECROFT was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Elizabeth had at least 4 children whose parentage is unknown. Her last known location was in Attleborough at the time of Walter's birth in 1876. Walter recalled that he was raised by his aunts. Her 4 children are:
i. Betsy Brothers (1867-1874), born and died in Attleborough, Norfolk.
ii. William Brothers (1870-1870), born and died in Norwich, Norfolk.

iii. Minnie Brothers (1872-1874), born in Norwich, Norfolk and died in Norfolk.
6. iv. Walter Albert Brothers (1876-1964), born in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah Reeder (1874-1951) in Great Ellingham, Norfolk and died in Narrogin, Western Australia in 1964.


26.    Matthew BROTHERS (1814-1878), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Sarah BAILEY was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England (St Mary). His was a plumber, glazier, and painter living on White Horse Street in Attleborough.
27.    Elizabeth BEECROFT (1814-1866), daughter of John BEECROFT and Mary DICKERSON was born before 19 Feb 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 26 Aug 1866 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Elizabeth BEECROFT and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Mary Ann Brothers was born before 27 Nov 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
ii.    Maria Brothers was born on 06 Mar 1839 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Robert Halls on 17 Nov 1860 in Attleborough, Norfolk and after his death in 1884 married William Saunders in Mar 1885 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk.
iii.    Matthew Brothers was born on 27 Oct 1840 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Like his sister Elizabeth he disappeared between 1871 and 1881.
13.    iv. Elizabeth BROTHERS was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She never married.
v.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1843 in Wayland, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1844 in Wayland, Norfolk, England.
vi.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1845 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
vii.    Phoebe Brothers was born in 1848 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1894 in London, Middlesex, England. She married Edward Leech on 18 Feb 1872 in Islington, London, England.
viii.    Fanny Amelia Brothers was born on 16 Jan 1852 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 31 Dec 1897 in Pancras, Middlesex, London. She married George Joseph Aloysius McGhee in Dec 1874 in London, Middlesex, England.
ix.    Louisa Brothers was born in 1854 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Joseph May on 11 Jun 1882 in Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.


52.    Matthew BROTHERS (1789-1862), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Catharine ETTRIDGE was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Matthew was a carpenter according to the 1841, 51, and 61 census.
53.    Sarah BAILEY, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER was born on 02 May 1793 in Banham, Norfolk, England. She died before 13 Sep 1871 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Sarah BAILEY and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
26.    i. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk (St Mary).
ii.    Maria Brothers was born before 03 Nov 1816 in Attleborough, Norfolk. She died on 11 Jun 1844 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England and married Alexander Beha on 27 Dec 1841 in Norwich, Norfolk (St John de Sepulchre).
iii.    Charles Brothers was born before 04 Aug 1828 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 30 Aug 1898 in Matlock, Norfolk and married Ann Eliza Rogers on 05 Nov 1850 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. England.
iv.    Ezekiel George Brothers was born before 17 Feb 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died in 1910 in Southwark, Surrey and married Eliza Townley Pace in Dec 1908 in Southwark, Surrey.


104.    Matthew BROTHERS (~1759-1820) was born about 1759 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died before 03 Dec 1820 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Catharine ETTRIDGE on 11 Dec 1783 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
105.    Catharine ETTRIDGE, daughter of William ETTRIDGE and Mary COCKLE was born before 11 Nov 1755 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 12 Oct 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Catharine ETTRIDGE and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    William Brothers was born about 1785 in Norfolk, England. He died before 09 Apr 1847 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Mary Warren on 26 Oct 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
52.    ii. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER.

Sentimental Sunday - An Autograph from my Uncle Ron (1901-1932)

Autograph to his sister Eileen Mary Brothers, 07 Jan 1925

I never knew my Uncle Ron, he died 8 years before I was born in a train accident in the Shunting Yards at Bunbury, West Australia. This is an entry in my mother's autograph book and is the only item we have of his that was personalised. None of us have a photo of him.

Tombstone Tuesday - Ronald Brothers

Tombstone Tuesday - Ronald Brothers (1901-1932)

My Uncle Ron was accidentally killed in a train accident at Bunbury, Western Australia, leaving a young widow and a 3-month old baby boy.

Ronald Brothers - Bunbury Cemetery, Western Australia

In Loving Memory
of
My Beloved Husband
Ronald Brothers
Accidentally Killed
23rd Jan 1932
Aged 30 Years

Cherished Memories

Family Notices. (1932, January 27). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 12, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32407010

Amanuensis Monday - A Sprig of Elegant Puppyism

I was searching for mention of my 2nd Great Grandmother Margaret Casey (1814-1892) in the Tasmanian Newspapers of 1835 when I came across this florid description of an armed confrontation.

"A young sprig of elegant puppyism - a mere boy, with the down upon his chin, fancied that he was in love; and one evening, lately seeing his charmer walking under the protection of two gentlemen, who were conducting the lady home, with a cowardice scarcely to be equalled, went up to the young lady and presented a pistol at her head, and ordered her to immediately quit their company and join his - what a hero! to present a pistol at the head of a timid female. The insulting - the cowardly little puppy, should have had a broomstick applied to his head, or a rod, perhaps, would have been more proper for the child. We shall allow this sprig of fashion to pass this time without mentioning his name; but we shall be less tender with him the next time we hear of his outrages. In the mean while, we recommend the police to take cognizance of the affair, as the young fool may, perhaps, unintentially, some time or other, seriously injure some of His Majesty's leige subjects - children should not be allowed to play with fire arms; and, as the father of the child has not sense enough to punish the boy, the authorities ought to be compelled to so so!"

Domestic Intelligence. (1835, February 17). Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828-1857), p. 6. Retrieved July 10, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8648066

I still haven't found Margaret Casey!

Sorting Saturday - BDM Certificates from various heaps

I was sorting one of my many stacks and found a stray BDM certificate where it wasn't supposed to be. So, nothing daunted, I went through some more stacks and then found even more of them.

I unhooked the scanner from DH's XP system, hooked it up to my Vista system and started scanning using a great piece of 3rd party scanning
software called VueScan from Hamrick Software. VueScan allows you to keep using your reliable, perfectly adequate scanner that is no longer supported by your operating system. Frankly, this has more and better options than the original software ever had and is easier to use to boot.

I started scanning away and saving the scans in a central place under my "Genealogy Notes" folder as "Certificates" both as JPG's and PDF's until I came from the certificates from Western Australia. These are too long for my scanner which handles up to A4 handily. I would wish that these weren't as long, of course, but the last two columns contain details of the person's marriage and children, both names and places. I've found very good data in these 2 extra columns.

What to do with these? A visit to Kinko's or Office Depot seems to be in order to use their larger scanners.

Among them are a number of strays, people who I thought were part of the family but who turned out to be of no interest. The English ones I added to BMD Certificate Exchange in case someone wants them. I still have my scans for reference.

The next step is to make sure these are added to my database, images attached, sources and citations written up, every last nugget of information saved away, and last,but not least, filing away in the proper folder.

Surname Saturday - Tissott

I'm joining the Saturday Surname brigade and starting with myself and my maiden name.

Tissott (we've always spelled it with the "double t" at the end) is an anglicized version of Tissot, from a diminutive Tissier, the Old French occupational name for a weaver. And no, we are no relation to the Swiss watch firm of the same name, more's the pity.

1. Rosemary Tissott (1940 - )

2. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT(1911-2006), son of Harry TISSOTT and Mary LINDSAY was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and passed away on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. He was raised on the goldfields at Yunndaga, Western Australia until he was around 7 then moved to Collie, Western Australia, where the mining was for coal instead of gold. Dad always said he was only allowed to stay in school if he kept getting good marks, which he did, eventually leaving school at 15 to join a national bank. At night he studied for his accountancy exams coming 2nd in the state examinations. After being transferred to Narrogin he met and married Eileen Mary Brothers on 06 Mar 1937. He had been transferred to Sydney and they spent the rest of their lives there. It was only after his retirement that they returned to the west for an extended visit.
3. Eileen Mary BROTHERS(1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Dagenham, Essex, England and passed away on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales.
Eileen Mary BROTHERS and Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT had the following children:

1. i. Rosemary TISSOTT
ii. Female Tissott (living)
iii. Male Tissott (living)

4. Harry TISSOTT(1867-1935), son of Henry TISSOTT and Emma SUTHERLAND was born on 01 Jun 1867 in Mount Taurus, Victoria and died on 26 Oct 1935 in Collie, Western Australia. He married Mary LINDSAY on 25 Sep 1895 in Winslow, Victoria. Harry was a miner, gold in Victoria and Western Australia and then coal in Western Australia.
5. Mary LINDSAY, daughter of John LINDSAY and Charlotte WELLS was born on 12 Sep 1868 in Winslow, Victoria and died on 11 Oct 1958 in Fremantle, Western Australia.

Mary LINDSAY and Harry TISSOTT had the following children:

i. Arthur Vivian Tissott, born on 20 Oct 1896 in Yarpturk, Victoria, and died on 27 Apr 1968 in South Fremantle, Western Australia. He married Dulcie Ewart Lethlean on 25 Dec 1919 in Leonora, Western Australia.

ii. Harold Leslie Tissott was born on 13 Aug 1898 in Four Mile, South Menzies, and died in Dec 1981 in Western Australia. He married Evangeline Isobel Booth Carr in 1917 in Coolgardie, Western Australia.

iii. Evelyn Myra Tissott, born on 13 May 1901 in Woolgar, Western Australia and died on 26 Jan 1995 in Mandurah, Western Australia. She married Henry Walter Moyle in 1922 in Collie, Western Australia.

iv. Ida Muriel Tissott, born on 11 Aug 1904 in Yunndaga, Western Australia and died on 27 Dec 2000 in Collie, Western Australia. She married David Hughes on 02 Aug 1925 in Collie, Western Australia.

2. v. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and died on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. He married Eileen Mary BROTHERS on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia.

8. Henry TISSOTT (1819-1853), son of Joseph TISSOTT and Rosanna PARKER was born on 27 Mar 1819 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He died on 12 Oct 1882 in Yarpturk, Victoria. He married Emma SUTHERLAND on 25 Jul 1853 in Portland, Victoria. Henry was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1833 for stealing a cow. He was 13 at the time and was led astray by an older woman of 17. After serving his time he made his way to Victoria and joined the gold rush, working in various mining towns until ending his days as a farmer.
9. Emma Sutherland (~1832-1920), born in Holborn, Middlesex and died in Cannington, Western Australa.

Henry and Emma had 8 children:

i. Joseph Henry Tissott, born 27 Aug 1854 in Campbells Creek, Victoria, died on 17 Feb 1945 in Winslow, Victoria. He married Elizabeth Hannah Hughes on 6 Apr 1885.

ii. Alfred Tissott, born on 27 Oct 1856 at Fryer's Creek, Victoria and died on 06 Aug 1935 at Cooma, New South Wales. He never married and was a miner.

iii. Francis Tissott was born 13 May 1859 in Warrnambool, Victoria and died 30 Nov 1940 in Victoria. He married Ellen Hughes on 20 Jul 1886 in Winslow, Victoria. Ellen and Joseph Henry's wife ELizabeth were sisters.

iv. Emma Tissott was born 08 Jun 1862 in Moliagul, Victoria and died 10 Mar 1917 in Cannington, Western Australia. She married Alfred Free on 04 Dec 1890 at Yarpturk, Victoria.

v. Arthur Tissott was born on 29 Oct 1864 in Moliagul, Victoria and died on 02 May 1867 in Winslow, Victoria.

5. vi. Harry Tissott, born 01 Jun 1867 in Mount Taurus, Victoria and died 26 Oct 1935 in Collie, Western Australia. He married Mary Lindsay on 25 Sep 1895 in Winslow, Victoria.

vii. Lewis Tisott was born on 22 Dec 1869 in Moutn Taurus, Victoria and died on 11 Oct 1899 in Perth, Western Australia. Lewis never married.

viii. Maria Antoinette Tissott was 11 Jun 1873 in Yarpturk, Victoria and died on 16 Dec 1897 in Mepunga, Victoria. She married John Thomas Merrett on 4 Oct 1894 in Winslow, Victoria.

16. Joseph TISSOTT (~1761-1849) was born about 1761 in New Holland, Lincolnshire. He died on 23 Sep 1849 in Brewood, Staffordshire from the Penkridge Union Workhouse. He married Rosanna PARKER on 04 May 1818 in Brewood, Staffordshire. Not much is known of Joseph's life. After Henry was transported to Van Diemen's Land he shows up in the criminal registers a couple of times for petty crimes such as receiving stolen goods but was never sentenced. He died in the Poorhouse.
17. Rosanna Parker was probably born around 1797. I have no further information on her.
Joseph and Rosanna had at least 5 children:

8. i. Henry Tissott (1819-1882)

ii. Rosanna or Rosina Tissot, born around 23 Sep 1821 in Bishops Wood, Staffordshire, and died about 3 Dec 1835 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

iii. Emma Tissot, born around 31 Oct 1823 in Bishops Wood, Staffs, and died around 20 Jun 1829 in Brewood, Staffs.

iv. Julia Tissot, born before 07 Dec 1825 in Bishops Wood, Staffs, and died as an infant on 02 Jan 1826, Brewood, Staffs.

v. Antoinette Tissot was born about 4 Jun 1827 in Brewood, Staffs and died 15 Jun 1829 in Brewood, Staffs.

Joseph possibly had 2 more children, not necessarily by his wife Rosanna. He stated at his son Henry's trial that he had 7 children, Henry, a daughter who was "from home (Rosanna) and all the others had passed away.

If anyone has anymore information on my Tissott Family i would love to hear from you. If you have a subscription to Ancestry you can find the Tissott's in my tree "Tissott and Lindsay.