LIST 21 - BURIALS - ST JOHNS PARRAMATTA

 
 
There were 324 burials performed at St Johns during this decade. There 
were on average about three burials every month.
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 date
  family name
 Christian name
 age
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 comments
 reference number
 
The burials are listed in chronological order.
 
It should be pointed out that in the original register the only information 
recorded was; date, family name, Christian name and very occasionally a 
comment as to status or cause of death. Information in the register not 
recorded here is the name of the officiating minister.
 
For the colonial born their year of birth and parents names are recorded in 
the ship of arrival column.
 
The identities of 70% of the deceased have been found. Of those whose identities 
have not been found around one third were convicts whose ship could not 
be located and around one third were infants whose parents have not been 
identified.
 
The age at death has been able to be calculated in 157 (48%) cases.
 
The register sadly records that six people were murdered.
 
The reference numbers run from 580 to 863 but 41 burials have no number assigned 
to them for some reason.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on List 19 using the code "SJP" from which the date of death 
would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the death would then 
be located on this list.

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