LIST 73 - BURIALS - EBENEZER KIRK PORTLAND HEAD

 
 
The first burial was performed at Ebenezer Kirk on the 3rd July 1827. There 
were only another five burials performed during the remainder of the decade. 
 
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 burial date
 Christian name
 family name
 age
 abode
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 comments
 reference number
 
Various miscellaneous remarks in the register have been recorded as 'end-notes' 
at the bottom of the list.
 
The burials are listed in chronological order.
 
The Reverend John McGarvie arrived in the colony in May 1826 on board 'Greenock' 
to take up the inaugural chaplaincy of the Presbyterian church at Portland 
Head on the Hawkesbury where many pioneers of Scottish descent had settled. 
It is assumed that he performed all the burials.
 
The only information recorded for each burial included; date of burial, 
Christian name of the deceased, family name of the deceased, age, abode, 
civil status and ship of arrival.
 
For the colonial born their year of birth and parents names are recorded in 
the ship of arrival column.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. The reference numbers for Ebenezer Kirk run 
sequentially from 0001 to 0006 at the end of the decade. 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on List 52 using code "EKPH" from which the date of burial would 
be retrieved, secondly using  the appropriate date, the burial would then 
be located on this list.

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