Summary
Alternative Name(s): Extract
Birth Certificate issued to Robert Panton on 8 March 1852. It states that he was born 24 July 1810 and baptised 6 August that year. Robert was the son of a Scottish shepherd, and worked as an agricultural labourer in Berwickshire. He married Christina Douglas in 1839, and in 1851-1852 the family made arrangements to emigrate to Port Phillip through the British Colonial Land and Emigration Office. The family was struck by tragedy shortly after arriving, Christina and two of their children, David and John, died within three months of their arrival.
Physical Description
Handwritten extract in pen and ink on paper. Paper is cream coloured with brown ink. Item is glued to a page with several other documents.
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Place & Date Issued
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Issued To
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Inscriptions
Printed: 1810: "Robert, Son of John Panton, and Jean / Smith his spouse, was born 24th July 1810, and baptised 6th August. Alexander Racburs, / Alexander Bortheviets, Witnesses." / Extract from the Register of Births & Baptisms / kept in & for the Parish of ???, by / James Graham / 8th March 1852
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
186 mm (Width), 227 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Assisted Immigration, British Immigration, Certificates, Identifications, Immigration, Immigration Policies, Immigration Selection
