LIST 53 - BURIALS - ST PHILLIPS SYDNEY
There were 1,322 burials performed at St Phillips during this decade, on
this occasion slightly less than for the previous decade. There were on average
eleven burials every 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 deathyear and ship of arrival
comments reference numberVarious 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 William Cowper continued as resident chaplain throughout the decade. In fact he remained at St Phillips until his death in 1858 when the parish
was taken over by his son, Rev William Cowper jnr. He is assumed to have
performed all the burials of this decade with the exception of March 1829
when Archdeacon Thomas Scott performed four and Rev Elijah Smith performed
thirteen burials.
From 1821 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.
In 1826 Governor Brisbane issued a proclamation that a copy of all parish
records of baptisms, burials and marriages be made by all Anglican Churches,
that such copies by made on standard pre printed forms and transmitted
to the Registrar of the Archdeacon's Court at the end of each calendar
year.
This had the advantage of standardizing a core set of data for each birial
and the printed forms greatly assisted clarity and interpretation. The
disadvantage was that often useful or interesting information, such as
ship off arrival, was no longer able to be recorded. Being transcripts they
come with all the errors that copying involves. On the positive side
the information recorded now includes "abode" and "quality or profession".
On the negative side the government transcripts do not include the date of death.From 1826 the information to be recorded for each burial was; reference number,
date of burial, Christian name of the deceased, family name of the deceased, age, abode, quality or profession and officiating minister. It is not know
if some churches continued to use their individual registers but even if they
did, only the regulation copies are available on microfilm at the National
Library in Canberra.
For the colonial born their year of birth and parents names are recorded in
the ship of arrival column.
Sarah Miller is recorded as dying in 1823 aged 19 years, yet there is a
notation stating that she was born on th 12th June 1812. Perhaps 19 years
should have been 11 years although no birth record has been found.
In July 1827 sixteen burials which took place at Brisbane Town Moreton Bay
covering the period from November 1824 to May 1827 (numbers 165 to 180) were
recorded in St Phillips register for some reason. It is not recorded who
performed these burials.
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 Phillips continued from the previous decade
starting at 80408 and run until 81159 at the end of 1825. Numbers 80552 and
80722 were used twice. Re-initialized in 1826 the numbers run from 90001 to
90586 at the end of the decade. Number 90270 is missing.
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name
would be made on List 52 using the code "SPS" from which the date of burial
would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the death would then be located on this list.
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