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From: Ros Dunstall <>
Subject: Re: Never born !!!
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:46:20 +0930


Hello Colleen, I have recently found a burial for a family member, but no birth
or death record.
Perhaps a check at the Unley Library in the births for Adelaide district might
find her...Ros

Colleen Dunk wrote:

> I have an ancestor that WAS born 25 May 1873 .It is only my husband's Great
> Grandmother - so it is not too far back & I did NOT think she would be so
> darn difficult !
> She said she was born in Adelaide, her Victorian marriage states she was
> born in Adelaide BUT I can't find her .BTW - I have also tried Victoria but
> still no luck .
> Her name is Esther Emily BARRETT.I have tried all different variations of
> spelling that I can think of also.
> She married Maxwell Grant Davidson ALLAN on 31 Jan 1895 in Melbourne.
> I can't seem to get any further on her line until I find her birth .Her
> birth does NOT show up any where in either South Australian or Victorian
> records .
> There is 1 Esther BARRETT who was born 27 April 1862 at Inman Valley -
> Encounter Bay ( down by Yankalilla ) .It does not seem to fit in with every
> thing I have though .It just seems as if 11 years is too far out ! Looking
> 22 in a photo of her wedding is a lot different to looking 33 .Her
> children's birth certificates all work in around her birth at 1873 also.
>
> There was another Esther Emily BARRATT born 1867 at Kincraig near
> Naracoorte.Some else claimed her & she also married some one different to
> mine !
> Any clues as to where I can go from here ?
> I am getting desperate because I can go NO further & I can't get " out " of
> Australia or even look at shipping records until I have some thing more
> concrete to go on.I feel ridiculous being stuck at such an early level !!!
> Thanks Colleen DUNK
>

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