LIST 34 - BURIALS - ST JOHNS LAUNCESTON

 
 
The first burial was performed on the 9th of November 1819. During 
the remainder of the decade there were 26 burials performed 
at St Johns.
 
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 burial date
 Christian name
 family name
 age
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 comments
 reference number
 
The burials are listed in chronological order.
 
The Rev. Knopwood visited the Launcestion/Port Dalrymple area twice, 
in 1811 and 1814, and whilst he performed many baptisms and marriages 
he apparently performed no burials. It was not until the Rev. John 
Youl arrived in November 1819 that regular burials are recorded.
 
It is sadly the case that obviously many deaths and burials which 
occurred in the Launceston/Port Dalrymple area prior to 1819 went 
unrecorded.
 
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 reference numbers are sequential with those of St Davids Hobart 
for some reason starting with 364 & 365 in 1819 but then jump to 444 
in 1820 and run until 467 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 29 using code "SJL" 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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