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Loutit-Waterhouse Wedding 1907

The records listed in this section are those located in non-denominational or non-official church records (other records which may provide similar information can be located under the headings Church Records and Cemeteries). The majority of the records are registers of baptisms, burials and marriages. Baptismal registers can contain such information as name of person baptised, dates of baptism and birth, name of child, parents' names and professions, place of birth and name of baptismal minister. Burial registers can contain such information as dates of burial and death, name of person buried, age, place of residence, occupation, cause of death, where buried and name of officiating minister. Marriage registers can contain such information as names of people being married, when and where married, ages, condition (i.e., bachelor or spinster), occupation, place and length of residence, father's name and occupation, impediments to marriage and name of officiating minister. Not all registers give such comprehensive information. The records relate to various places as follows:

Augusta

ACC 1345A: Register of Baptisms & Burials Augusta district 1830-1886 (Church of England, Busselton, St Mary's)

ACC 2256A: Copy of baptisms and marriages from Captain Molloy's Register, Augusta, 1830-1841

Beagle Bay

ACC 1851A: Beagle Bay Mission. Register of baptisms 1896

Beverley

ACC 1559A: Beverley District Baptisms 1858-1865 and Burials 1859-1865
Volume kept by the Reverend Frederick Lynch.

Broome

ACC 3461A/3: Broome Japanese Cemetery deaths 1896-1905
Contains 122 deaths of Japanese people with name, cause of death, profession and witnesses.

Bunbury

ACC 659A/3: Bunbury Burials 1840-1850
Volume kept by J.R. Wollaston at Picton.

Busselton

ACC 1345A: Register of Baptisms& Burials Busselton district 1830-1886. Register of Marriages Busselton district 1858-1885 (Church of England, Busselton, St. Mary's)

ACC 2706A: Register of Marriages Busselton 1888-1889, 1907-1919
Roman Catholic - typescript.

Derby

ACC 3461A/3: Deaths of Japanese people recorded at Derby 1894-1899
Contains 27 deaths with name, cause of death, profession and witnesses.

Fremantle

ACC 3755A/1: St Patrick's, Fremantle. Marriages 1851-1982 (Index)

ACC 3755A/2: St Patrick's, Fremantle. Baptisms 1874-1961 (index) and 1850-1897 (transcript)

ACC 3755A/3: St Patrick's, Fremantle. Marriages 1851-1895 (transcript)

Perth

ACC 6809A/1: Births, Deaths and Marriages at Perth 1829-1834
The entries in this book were copied by James Brown, Colonial Chaplain, in 1872 from entries made and certified by the Rev. J.B. Wittenoom, Colonial Chaplain. Contains baptisms 6 December 1829–29 September 1834 (shows date, child’s name, parents, date of birth, birthplace, father's occupation and by whom baptised); marriages solemnised at Perth in Western Australia 18 January 1830–27 August 1834; burials at Perth 6 January 1830–10 September 1834 (shows date, name, age, places of birth and abode, profession and by whom buried).

ACC 6809A/2: Births, Marriages and Burials at Perth 1834–1865
Contains baptisms 21 November 1834–19 December 1852 and 31 January 1853-12 July 1858; marriages 31 December 1834–16 March 1865; burials 12 November 1835–1 December 1858.

Pinjarra

ACC 3465A/1: Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. Baptisms

Toodyay

ACC 2399A: List of Roman Catholic Baptisms at Toodyay 1886-1914
Copy of original held by the Roman Catholic Archives.

ACC 2400A: List of Roman Catholic Burials at Toodyay 1856-1896
Copy of original held by the Roman Catholic Archives.

Vasse

ACC 659A/1: Baptisms Vasse 1841-1850
Volume kept by J.R. Wollaston at Picton.

ACC 1345A: Register of Baptisms Vasse 1830-1885 (Church of England, Busselton, St Mary's)

Wellington

ACC 659A/2: Baptisms Wellington District 1841-1850
Volume kept by J.R. Wollaston at Picton.

Various

ACC 5485A/1: Handwritten baptismal records kept by the Reverend J. Morrell (Methodist) for various parishes in Western Australia 1930-1985
Includes Pinjarra, Pemberton, Three Springs, Mt Magnet, Lake Grace, Wagin, Wongan-Goomalling, Blackwood, Bridgetown and their surrounding districts.

Also see headings Births, Burials or Deaths & Marriages and Cemeteries in Government Archival Records.