Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Phoebe Hughan's death certificate.

The copy that I have of Phoebe Berry Hall Hughan's death certificate is a very poor one- faint and in some places unreadable. the information that I have been able to obtain from it is as follows:
On 3rd August, 1900, at Bay View House, Tempe, Phoebe Hughan, female,(can't make out age); cause of death cerebral embolism, 3 days, cardiac failure 24 hours. Last seen by medical attendant A.J. Vause,2nd August.
Parents: Unknown Hall, unknown.
Informant: Certified by A.J Vause, manager, then written underneath 'Aline Laura Hughan,daughter', and an unreadable address.
Buried: 5 August, 1900, at Rookwood Cemetery.
Born: Warwickshire, England (NOTE: Incorrect-Phoebe was born in Cambridgeshire); twelve years in NSW.
Marriage details: Unknown place of marriage and age. Husband Allan Ramsen Cunningham Hughan (NOTE: Incorrect: 'Ramsay' not 'Ramsen')
Children of marriage: Minnie 30; Aline 28, three females deceased.

There is a faint notation on the left hand side of the certificate with corrections. One seems to be adding the middle name 'Berry' to Phoebe Hughan's name. Another states her age was 71 and not 72, and that Minnie's age was 33 not 30.It then states that the informant was Aline Laura Hughan.

Thus ends the long saga of the family of Allan Ramsay Cunningham Hughan. All that is left to do now is post a few photos that are marked with Allan Hughan's stamp, but which I perhaps doubt were actually taken by Allan. And then...finally...I come to the last child of the Hughan family...number nine, my great-great grandmother, Bertha Hughan.

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