LIST 57 - BURIALS - ST PETERS RICHMOND

 
 
There were 140 burials performed at St Peters during this decade. There was on 
average just over one burial each month. 
 
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 burial date
  death date
 Christian name
 family name
 age
 abode
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 comments
 officiating minister
 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 Henry Fulton continued his chaplaincy until July 1825 when he was 
replaced in October by the Rev John Cross who was the incumbent until 
February 1828 when the Rev Elijah Smith took over until the end of that year 
when the Rev Joseph Docker became chaplain in January 1829. The Rev Robert 
Cartwright performed one burial in February 1830. In addition there were six 
burials recorded as being performed by the Roman Catholics.
 
Perhaps as a sign of inter-faith co-operation six burials were conducted "by 
the Roman Catholics" but recorded in the parish register all the same.
 
Information recorded pre-1826 included; name, date of burial, date of death, 
age, abode, whether came free or prisoner and ship of arrival (in many cases 
including the year of arrival) plus the occasional comment as to the cause 
of death. Names of parents were recorded for the colonial born.
 
With the introduction of the pre-printed forms in 1826 the occupation 
of the deceased was routinely given but the date of death and ship of arrival 
was no longer recorded. 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.
 
Mary Ann Grosvenor is recorded as dying in 1829 aged 15 years and that she was 
colonial born. There is also a notation that she was "married". No record of 
a birth has been found, nor any marriage. Perhaps her age of 15 years could be 
in error.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. 
 
The reference numbers for St Peters continued from the previous decade run 
sequentially from 0058 to 0195 at the end of the decade. Unlike most 
other parishes there was no re-initialization in 1826 with the introduction 
of the pre-printed registers.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on List 52 using code "SPR" 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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