We need to find a birth record for Joseph Cottier Cole
Smart Matches are all suggesting that he was born in 1887 in Melbourne however if the claimed parents are correct then this is not physically possible
Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 Are you able to help?
The claimed father Archibald Hamblin Lillingstone Cole, {{Convict Racehorse 1865}} had been extensively written about so it is not likely that his death date is wrong. Likewise i haven't found anything to support that his claimed mother https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Cole/6000000020910746 was in Melbourne during the claimed birth year 1887
Joseph birth registered in 1886
Family name: COLE
Given name(s): Joseph Cottier
Event: births
Mother's name / Spouse's name: <Unknown Family Name>, Catherine
Mother's family name at birth: BRIGGS
Father's name: <Unknown Family Name>, Archibald Hamb
Place of birth: MELB
Place of death:
Spouse at Death:
Age at Death:
Reg. year: 1886
Reg. number: 20133/1886
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Thanks,
Victorian BDM only gives the registration year in their search results. I noticed a lot of such records where the registration year happens in the year following. Since the parents still match, then i will have to assume that the actual birth must of occurred in 1885 at the latest, until such time as someone purchases the birth certificate. I'll be searching for the family’s arrival date back in Australia, in case it might be a birth at sea