LIST 61 - BURIALS - ST PETERS CAMPBELLTOWN

 
 
The first burial was performed at St Peters on the 6th September 1823. During 
the remainder of the decade there were 76 burials performed.
 
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 Rev Thomas Reddall was appointed chaplain to St Peters Campbelltown 
in 1822. He spent all his clerical life at St Peters until his death in 1838. 
In 1859 his son, Rev Thomas Reddall jnr., took over his fathers old parish.
 
Whilst the officiating minister is not recorded before 1826 it can be assumed 
that the Rev Reddall was the officiating minister. He certainly performed all 
subsequent burials for the remainder of the decade with the exception of one 
performed by Mr John Layton, the catechist, in January 1827.
 
Pre 1826 the information recorded for each burial included; name, date of burial, 
date of death, age, convict or free. If still a convict the name of ship of 
arrival was recorded. If free and in the military, the regiment and rank were 
often recorded. 
 
From 1826 the information to be recorded on the new pre-printed forms for each 
burial included; reference number, date of burial, Christian name of the 
deceased, family name of the deceased, age, abode, quality or profession and 
officiating minister. The year and ship of arrival have been heavily 
researched outside the parish register.
 
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 numbering system was re-initialized in 1826 with 
the introduction of the new printed registers. 
 
The reference numbers for St Peters run sequentially from 0001 to 0014, then 
in 1826 are re-initialized to B001 and run to B063 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 "SPC" 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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