BURIALS - CHRIST CHURCH CASTLEREAGH

 
 
There were 146 burials performed at Christ Church during this decade, 
41 more than for the previous decade. There was on average over one 
burial each month. 
 
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 burial date
 death date (after 1837)
 Christian name
 family name
 age
 abode
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 quality or profession
 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 records in the register 
are not always in strict chronological order but this has been corrected 
in this work.
 
The Rev. Henry Fulton continued his chaplaincy throughout the decade 
until his death in November 1840. The Rev. Thomas Makinson, who 
took over the incumbency of the parish, performed his burial, the last 
of the decade.
 
At the beginning of this decade the information to be recorded on the 
official government supplied forms for each burial was; reference number, 
date of burial, Christian name of the deceased, family name of the deceased, 
age, abode, ship of arrival, quality or profession and officiating 
minister. 
 
Regrettably in 1839 the 'Ship of Arrival' column was removed from the 
official forms altogether but it was still occasionally recorded by 
nothing like as often as previously. The year and ship of arrival have 
been heavily researched outside the parish register.
 
The 'Ship of Arrival' column was replaced by a 'Date of Death' column,
making identification much more difficult. 
 
For the colonial born their year of birth and parents names are recorded 
in the 'Ship of Arrival' column.
 
The Rev.Fulton 'jumped the gun' as it were and began to use the new 
government forms one year early in 1838 rather than 1839. 
 
Ages at Death ranged from Robert Lethbridge who only lived for two days 
to at the other end of the scale Samuel Johnston and Elizabeth Mitchell 
were both recorded as 85 years old, although Elizabeth was more like 66.
 
Infant mortality was very high during this decade with 46 infants (32% of 
all deaths) not living past their fifth birthday. 
 
Despite extensive research the identity of the deceased at Christ Church 
has only been discovered in 110 (or 75% of) cases during this decade.
 
There was one burial in the State Archives Pioneer Series file which 
has no entry on this parish register. It is very likely that this results 
from a typographical error and relates to a post 1840 burial.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry 
in the original source document. 
 
The reference numbers for Christ Church continued from the previous 
decade and run sequentially from B0065 to B0211 at the end of the decade. 
The number B083 was omitted.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the 
name would be made on List 5 using code "CCC" 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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