Infant Life Protection Act Indexes R-Z
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NAMES OF PEOPLE LISTED AND DETAILS PROVIDED.
(These are only a small sample of the information that is extant. The fiche indexes contain many more names; see the Introduction for more details.)
RADNELL, Mary, gave birth to illegitimate child Dorothy at the home of employer Mrs. Anne McCORMICK in 1900. Discussion on case, no charge laid. 9 pages, List 36.
RAE, Ethel M. , mother Mary, Grassmere via Geelong; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RAINFORD, Hanora and William, Port Melbourne, apply to adopt William John McDONALD, mother Mrs. Mary, in 1902. 5 pages, List 44.
RANDALL, Annie, daughter of Edward of Avoca, gave birth to illegitimate child in 1905, which was not registered in time required. Incomplete file, 2 pages, List 45.
RANDALL, Eva. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.
RANDLES, Mrs. Isabella E. of California Gully Bendigo wants to take charge of Philip, the illegitimate child of her late daughter Bessie in 1902. Her sons in W. Aust. will help financially. Child currently with nurse Mrs. SHARP. 9 pages, List 18.
RANDLES, Philip, mother Elizabeth, reputed father George MAY deserted, taken in by nurse Araminta SHARP in 1902. 4 pages, List 44.
RANKIN, Dorothy E., mother Harriet, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
RANKIN, Dorothy Ellen, in the care of a nurse, parents James and Harriet, Port Melbourne. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RANSON, E. South Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.
RAVEN, Alice Sophia, Kerang. Prosecuted for failing to register birth of illegitimate child Henry GURNETT (mother Mary Ann Mabel Gurnett) in her house within required time, but magistrate acquits. Police prosecution of Richard BROWN for similar offence, child Mary, mother Margaret Brown, held back. Judge orders case to be reheard, magistrate incorrect. 9 pages, List 18.
RAVEN, Violet, born c1897, illegitimate child of Mrs. T.C. RAVEN of Mackay, was left with Mr. & Mrs. P.C. MOULDER, who adopted her. The couple parted and Violet was given an elderly couple in Williamstown Vic., to look after, with the Moulders paying for her care. However they stopped payments a few years later. In 1910 the mother requested police to help send Violet to her in Qld. 8 pages, List
RAVENHILL, Josephine, registered nurse, South Yarra, notified police that she had received Kathleen McNALLY, daughter of Kate in 1899. The child was later removed from her care, but she did not keep her Roll Book up to date, so was fined. 14 pages, List 30.
RAWLE, Alfred, Kangaroo Flat, 1895. Adopted Charles James GIBSON, 1 year old, son of Sarah Gibson, has no children of his own, is a cab proprietor. Letter from her on file. 16 pages, List 24.
RAWLINGS, Sarah, Brunswick, nurse, has four children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
READ, Ada. To adopt Frederick McKAY or KAY, 1904. List 15.
READER, Eliza, wife of William Booth, Richmond, adopted Alice Maud CAMERON, daughter of Elizabeth Moncrief Cameron in 1905. 4 pages, List 46.
REARDON, Mary, Windsor, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
REDDICK, Eva, 2 years, adopted by Charles August RAIMAN, Allambie, South Gippsland in 1903. Mother was Agnes Ellen Reddick, Powong. 5 pages, List 49.
REDFERN, Mary W., South Yarra, nurse ; has no child at present. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
REDWOOD, H.R. About to leave with 2nd Vic. Contingent for South Africa, owes maintenance to nurse Alice CARTWRIGHT who has care of his illegitimate child Roland HANSEN. 15 pages, List 20.
REED, Amy. Richmond, nurse has child Brenda MOONEY, mother Amelia at Foster. March 1898 Monthly Return.
REED, Priscilla, Coburg, nurse, has one child. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
REID, Adelaide. Richmond, nurse, adopts Herbert Reg. THOMPSON, son of Olive, in 1907. List 13.
REID, Effie, mother Ruby Reid, Malvern, in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
REID, Henry, mother Henrietta, with a nurse. Monthly Return August 1906, List 53.
REID, Jane or E.J. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.
REID, John Thomas. Son of Elizabeth of Carlton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return.
REID, John W., mother Ellen, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
REID, John William, died in 1906, 5 months old, while in care of nurse Mary O’BRIEN of Drummond St., North Carlton, a cripple and a widow. His mother was Ellen. File covers 1904-1906 and deals with O’Brien’s circumstances. 10 pages, List 25.
REID, Mrs. T., Richmond, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
REIDY, Mabel Jane, adopted by Mrs. Mary OSLINGTON, Bendoc, in 1903. 3 pages, List 49.
RENFREY, Mr. and Mrs. Adopt child TRENWECK (?) in 1904. Cr. Clara STONE advises department. 3 pages, List 25.
RENFREY, Edith Emily. Charged with failure to register her child Freda, born Windsor, within the required time. 10 pages, List 4.
RENOUF, Louise, Fitzroy, had 4 children under her care in January 1906. Monthly Return, List 23.
RENOUF, Lois, Fitzroy, nurse, has four children. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
RESIDE, John of Delvine near Lindenow. Charged with failure to register birth of Henry, illegitimate child of his daughter Essie within the required time. 6 pages, List 7.
REYNOLDS, Thomas A, mother Jessie KENN, Flemington; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
REYNOLDS, W., North Fitzroy, adopted Neville HILL, child of Emily, in 1906. 4 pages, List 52.
RHODES, Frances W., Melbourne, single, 22 years, applied for registration in 1905. Reference given by Mr. WYETT, herbalist, who is reputed to be an abortionist. 5 pages, list 51.
RICHARD, M.J. Handed child Hilda WOMSLEY back to mother, 1901. List 2.
RICHARDS, Mrs. Fanny. Kensington, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Ruby Rachel PYKE.
RICHARDS, Florence May. Daughter of Annie, of North Melbourne, born 1904, adopted by Nellie RUDLAND of Stawell in 1906. 5 pages, List 4.
RICHMOND, Colin Claude Sylvester, illegitimate child of Elizabeth, died suddenly at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Richmond, Lonsdale Street Melbourne in 1903. Had been with nurse Marie WILKINSON. 9 pages, List 49.
RIDGEWELL, Charles Hudson. Removed from nurse L. SUMNER of Stawell by father John in 1904; to be adopted by aunt Mrs. FLOAT. List 15. Aunt A. JONES of Stawell returns child to nurse E.F. SUMMERS of Stawell in 1905 because of her ill-health. 4 pages, List 21.
RIDOUT, Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Edith Sarah, received by nurse Caroline HEYER/MEYER, Benalla, in 1907. 1 page, List 56.
RIEDL, Blanche, Parkville. Has Henry, child of Louisa MEYER. February 1904 Monthly Return, 1 page, List 10.
RIEDL, Blanch, Parkville, nurse, had one child in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
RIGBY, Susannah. Collingwood, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Ernest BAYLISS, who died.
RIGG, Elizabeth, Cranbourne, gives up child William for adoption by Mrs. E. SCOTLAND, Windsor in 1907. 4 pages, List 21.
RIGG, William, mother Eliza, Cranbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RILEY, Clare Josephine. Born at Salvation Army Home, mother Laura Riley living apart from husband, child illegitimate and birth not registered within 3 days. No prosecution. 8 pages, List 9.
RILEY, Joseph, son of Ellen, adopted by C. HONAN of Hawthorn in 1905. Report states mother is living with AH MOON, the father of the child, who is employed by Honan, a banana merchant. 10 pages, List 38.
RILEY, Sarah, Fitzroy, nurse, has one child. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
RING, Eileen, mother Elizabeth, Burnley, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
RIORDAN, Gerald, son of Thomas and Lucy, adopted by Nurse Burke 1905. List 5.
RITCHIE, Mrs. J., Bendigo, applied to be registered in 1904. 3 pages, List 51.
RITCHIE, Jane, Bendigo, had child Vera May Brown KILLYER, mother Catherine, in October 1903 monthly return. List 47.
RITCHIE, J.R. Bendigo, 1904, has taken Thomas SMITH. List 15.
RITCHIE, Mrs. J., Bendigo, nurse, advised in 1905 that she had taken in Mona TONKIN, child of Gertrude, and Richard POWELL, child of Mary Jane Ellen HARTLEY, already has Thomas SMITH, child of Lily of Leongatha, although the mother was supposed to be taking him back. Detailed report on Ritchie shows she had also taken in a child of Norah WADDINGTON. Her registration cancelled and children removed. 14 pages, List 46.
RITCHIE, John, mother Anastasia, single, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
RITCHIE, John, mother Anastasia, Footscray; in the care of a nurse, adopted by E. JOHNSTON. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RITUCCI, Mrs. Alice, Fitzroy, 1897. Refused registration, living apart from husband, had attempted suicide. 14 pages, List 19.
ROACH, Bertram, mother Frances, single, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
ROACH, Bertram, mother Frances, Windsor; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
ROBERTS, Mrs. Ann E., Carlton, advises in 1899 that she has child Jean HOLLIS, mother Victoria. 5 pages, List 29.
ROBERTS, Ann Elizabeth, nurse, Carlton. Has one child. June 1899 Monthly Return. Has three children. May 1900 Monthly Return. Has 4 children June 1900 Monthly Return, List 33.
ROBERTS, Ann Elizabeth, Carlton, nurse, had three children in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
ROBERTS, Christina Wilson, Carlton, charged in 1903 with having child Daisy Agnes STOBAUS in her care and not being registered. Child’s mother Bertha has been living with her but went to get employment. Father’s name given; quite a detailed file. 13 pages, List 49.
ROBERTS, Mary Ann, Chewton, wife of John, wished to adopt Ernest James HUGHES, son of Lillie, in 1907. 4 pages, List 33.
ROBERTSON, E., Golden Square, listed as a nurse in October 1903; no further details given.
ROBERTSON, Esther, nurse, Ballarat, advises in 1902 that she has John Thomas CECINIL (?), son of Agnes Mary. [Birth index gives name as CESSEL, but not spelt that way in file.) 3 pages, List 45.
ROBERTSON, Esther, nurse, Ballarat, advised in 1905 that she had handed child Annie DUFF, 2 years, to her mother Annie. 2 pages, List 46.
ROBERTSON, Jane, widow, Carlton, applied for registration in 1904; was 57 years old. Refused. 5 pages, List 51.
ROBINS, Percy, illegitimate child of Ellen, born at her parents’ house in Nurmurkah in 1898, died at nurse Jane NEWSOME’s house; all charged with failure to comply with Act. 11 pages, List 18.
ROBINSON, Mrs. E. Auburn, nurse. May 1899 Monthly Return.
ROBINSON, E., Carlton, nurse, reports removal of Phyllis GREGORY (born 1893) from her care by her mother Amelia in 1902. 4 pages, List 43.
ROBINSON, E., Carlton, nurse advises that Arthur Lester WATKINS has been removed by his grandmother Mrs. Susan WATKINS of Fitzroy. File notes that he is to be adopted by Mrs. W. PIKE of Mentone. Incomplete file. 4 pages, List 45.
ROBINSON, Edith Maud, taken from nurse Margaret FLEMING of Seymour by Mrs. Elga HOLLAND of Shepparton, who is adopting her. Mother Violet Robinson of Old Mangalore claimed not to know arrangement. 6 pages, List 25
ROBINSON, Elizabeth, Carlton, registered nurse, had 3 children in her care. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
ROBINSON, Elizabeth, Carlton, nurse, had three children in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
ROBINSON, Elizabeth, Carlton, had two children in her care. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
ROBINSON, Frank, father Frank at Fitzroy, with a nurse in Carlton. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
ROBINSON, Jessie, North Melbourne, nurse, has three children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
ROBINSON, Leslie. Child of Sarah, born 1901, adopted by Emily MEE NAN or NAM, of North Melbourne, wife of Charles. List 13.
ROBINSON, M.A., Golden Square, listed as a nurse in October 1903; no further details given.
ROBINSON, Maria, widow, Ascot Vale, took in infant John BALCON, child of Sarah, in 1901. Unregistered, child died in her care, application to register refused. 22 pages, List 38.
ROBINSON, Mary Ann, Prahran. In 1903 Margaret BEASLEY gave birth to illegitimate child Rupert George John in her house; not registered in time. 8 pages, List 49.
ROBINSON, Susan E., Footscray, 1897, wants to adopt her sister’s child Thomas Gordon DOOLAN. Letter from child’s mother explains that she has 6 children and her husband is ill. Report on Robinson states that she “lives with a man not her husband, was convicted of arson and is intemperate”. Refused. 14 pages, List 20.
RODGERS, Mrs. J. Fitzroy, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed. Moved house.
ROFF, Daniel Removed by mother from Nurse Clara SIMPSON in 1901. List 14.
ROGAN, Mrs. Eliza, Moonee Ponds, advised in 1904 that she has taken in her deceased sister’s child Alice Eliza WINDIN; the child’s father Frederick is in Tasmania. 4 pages, List 51.
ROGERS, Cyril. Son of Hamilton, of Richmond. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
ROGERS, William James, Warrnambool, 1899, has adopted Gladys Ivy MILLS. 3 pages, List 30.
ROGERSON, Lizzie, Carlton, registered nurse, had 1 child in her care. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
ROHLBERGER, F.J., Port Melbourne, had one child in her care. Monthly Return, September 1900. List 36.
ROLFE, Edith, Flemington, nurse, has one child. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
ROLFE, Mary Ann. North Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had John BRITTAN and Maud McDONALD.
ROLLASON, Hannah, Prahran, nurse, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
ROLLE, Thomas, in the care of a nurse, mother Lucy BOON, Port Melbourne. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
ROLLESON, Hannah, Toorak, nurse, had two children in her care. June 1907 Monthly Return, List 56.
ROLLEY, Rose, Williamstown, advised in 1901 that she is adopting the female child of her sister in law Mrs. McALEESE who has died, leaving four other children. 6 pages, List 37.
RONSLY, M., Flemington, nurse, asks in 1907 if child Elizabeth RYAN’s name could be taken off the roll as she is now over two years old. 3 pages, List 33.
RONSLEY, Maria, Flemington, nurse, has two children. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
ROOFF, C., listed as a nurse at Golden Square in October 1903; no further details given.
ROOFF, C., Golden Square, advised in 1903 that Roy Stanley HOWE had been removed from her care. 3 pages, List 58.
ROSE, James, mother Mary of Carlton. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Return, List 2.
ROSEWARNE, Isabella of Bendigo, has adopted Beatrice STARR, born 1898. Solicitor’s letter only, 1 page, List 2.
ROSMONDIA, Ernest, son of Fanny, adopted in 1898 by William VIRGO, boilermaker, Collingwood. 3 pages, List 20.
ROSS, Dolly. Mother Etty of Ascot Vale. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return.
ROSS, Dorothy. Daughter of Ethel of Ascot Vale. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
ROSS, Dorothy, returned to mother by nurse Mrs. E. HYDE of Middle Park in 1900. Her mother was Ettie Ross of Ascot Vale. Placed in care of Katrina CASTLE of Moonee Ponds; was over 2 years old and didn’t come under ILP Act any more. 4 pages, List 32.
ROSS, Ettie, wrote to local constable in Carlton in 1902 asking help to get her son William Edward ROSS, born 1901, into State care; she has fallen behind in payments to nurse Mrs. Mary Jane COOPER. She is in service with Mrs. PERDRIAN, Beecroft Sydney NSW. 9 pages, List 45.
ROSS, Grace Elmot, mother Bertha F., Fitzroy, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
ROSS, Joseph H. Child of Nelly, born June 1898. Adopted. 7 pages, List 2.
ROSS, William E. With a nurse, mother Ettie, March 1901 Monthly Return, List 8.
ROSSER, William, born 1902, son of Alice, given to unregistered nurse Mrs. Edith PALMER, who had recently arrived from Tasmania. She is given a negative assessment and charged. 7 pages, List 46.
ROWE, Florence, mother Grace, with a nurse in Footscray, August 1900 Monthly Return, List 35.
ROWE, Lena, in the care of a nurse, received from Emma, Daylesford . February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
ROWLEY, Mrs. James of Richmond, asks to nurse brother [Alfred THOMAS]’s child, 4 mths old, mother in Alfred Hospital, in 1903. 4 pages, List 5.
ROYAL, George Alfred, charged when birth of his daughter Mary Claudine’s child Leslie Ernest, was not registered in time, 1907. 5 pages, List 58.
RUMBLE, Clara Jane, removed her child Wilfred from the care of nurse in Ballarat in 1905. 2 pages, List 38.
RUMSEY, Phoebe Elizabeth, parents Phoebe and John Barrow Rumsey; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RUSSELL, Edith, Richmond, nurse, has charge of a child. August 1906 Monthly Return, List 53.
RUSSELL, Edith, Malvern, nurse, has two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RUSSELL, Edith, Malvern, nurse, had one child in her care. June 1907 Monthly Return, List 56.
RUSSELL, Mrs. Emily, Koondrook, advises she taken in Eric MOULDER, illegitimate child of Mary Jane of Swan Hill, who has recently married, and whose husband, TAYLOR, will not accept the child. Child’s father is named and lives locally. 5 pages, List 43.
RUSSELL, Harriet. South Melbourne. Registered nurse, has child. Feb 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
RUST, Jennie. Adopts daughter of May Amelia GODDARD of Malvern, 1906. 4 pages, List 3.
RUTHERFORD, Joseph and Agatha Mary, North Brighton, adopted 2 year old Ivy Myrtle Samson OLSEN in 1907; has been in the care of nurse STREATER, Brunswick. 8 pages, List 55.
RUTHLEDGE, Eva, in the care of a nurse, received from Elizabeth, Fitzroy. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RUTTLE, Walter R., mother Sarah, single, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26. List 26.
RUTTLE, Walter Ryder, mother Sarah, Mackinnon; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RYAN, Mrs. A., Wild St., Preston, widow, took in destitute woman and 3 year old child who gave the name of Mrs. Mary MORAN, but was really Mary MITCHELL in 1904. Mitchell has found work with Mrs. WHITEHEAD of Elsternwick; Ryan notified police of case. 4 pages, List 51.
RYAN, Mrs. Caroline Winifred of Frederick St., Windsor (husband Michael, dealer and horse trainer) adopts John SHIELDS, mother Ellen. Her parents do not know of her pregnancy. 6 pages, List 22.
RYAN, Elizabeth, mother Kate E., Castlemaine; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RYAN, Francis Joseph, in the care of a nurse, received from Josephine, Fitzroy. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
RYAN, Josephine. Mother Maggie, Brunswick. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Return, List 2.
RYAN, Leslie, mother Kate, Fitzroy; with a nurse at Coburg. Monthly Return February 1902. List 43.
RYAN, Mary Alice, Carlton, failed to advise that she had adopted Norman Horace HUNT in 1902. His mother Jessie is living apart from her husband Edward. Prosecuted. 7 pages, List 44.
RYAN, Ruth, father Stephen John, Auburn, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
ST. CLAIR, Louisa. Carlton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.
ST. JOHN, Mary Ann, nurse, North Melbourne, had two children. January 1902 Monthly Return. List 54.
ST. JOHN, Mary Ann, nurse, Footscray; child Walter Pope FOREMAN died in her in 1903; report. 4 pages, List 50.
ST. JOHN, Mary Ann. Nurse, Footscray, has four children. January 1904 Monthly Return.
ST. JOHN, Mary Ann, wife of Patrick. Living in Abbotsford in 1904 when house found to be unsuitable and children Henry WATSON, Elsie E. SHARP, Amy Doris GILLIAM and Eveline E. DENMAN removed. Child Maggie RYAN previously removed by mother and goes missing. St. John applies to be re-registered in 1905 and is refused. 50-60 pages, List 21.
SADLER, Ivy Smyth, born c1896, mother Marion, with nurse Mrs. Elizabeth BEALE at Diamond Creek. Lucy H. PRICE, daughter of late Rev. William T. Price, adopts her 1898. 6 pages, List 18.
SALLY, Muriel. Daughter of Maud. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
SALVADORE, Amelia. McGrath Place, Melbourne, Nurse. Had child in April 1899 Monthly Return. Had child in May 1900 Monthly Return. List 2. Had two children, March 1901 Monthly Return, List 8.
SAMPSON, J., Carlton, advised in 1903 that he had taken in the infant son of the late Mrs. Charlotte COMINNS, a sister of his wife. The father of the child lives in Lardner and has four other children to support. 5 pages, List 48.
SAMPSON, Margaret. Coburg, nurse, but has no child at present. May 1899 Monthly Return.
SAMPSON, Mary Ann, Carlton, nurse, had three children in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
SAMSON, E., Golden Square, listed as a nurse in October 1903; no further details given.
SANDERSON, Caroline, Fitzroy, nurse, has seven children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
SANDERSON, Ethel, Fitzroy, daughter of Caroline, applied for registration in 1907; refused. 4
SANDERSON, Mrs. Hettie Rebecca F. and William, of West Melbourne, adopted Madeline Lucy CAVENAGH, [CAVANAGH ?] parents Leslie George and Maud Ellen Cavenagh, married, in 1899. 6 pages, List 17.
SANDFORD, Rosalie. South Melbourne. Registered nurse, has child. Feb 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
SANDFORD, Rose of Montague, nurse, advises she has infant Ethel May ASHWORTH in 1901. 2 pages, List 39.
SANDSTROM, Donald Jeffery, mother Catherine, adopted by John A. LITTLE, West Geelong, in 1905. 7 pages, List 52.
SANGSTER, Ellen. Living in Casterton in 1907, is nursing her deceased niece’s child. 2 pages, List 11.
SANGSTER, E.M.C., mother A., Fitzroy, in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SANTE, Margaret. Daughter Anne gave birth to illegitimate child Daisy Hughes Sante at her home in Windsor in 1898. Margaret charged with being unregistered. 12 pages, List 19.
SARGEANT, Florence, illegitimate child of Isabella, removed from nurse Mrs. H. LAWSON of Collingwood in 1899, and adopted by relative of the supposed father, Mrs. Elizabeth SCHADE of Castlemaine. 11 pages, List 30.
SARGENT, Charles, infant, died at home of nurse Mrs. Janet SHAW, Balaclava in 1900. 2 pages, List 37.
SATCHELL, Clarice, daughter of Amy of Albert Park, adopted by Caroline and John Wilson BOYD in 1900. 3 pages, List 20.
SAUNDERS, Joseph, mother Beatrice, Broadmeadows; with a nurse at Coburg. Monthly Return February 1902. List 43.
SAUNDERS, Mrs. L., Burnley, advises in 1902 that she has taken the son of her sister Emma KEYS to adopt. 1 page, List 44.
SAUNDERS, T. Ballarat, 1904. To adopt Nellie SHERLIN. List 15.
SAVAGE, Rebecca, gave birth to illegitimate child Elsie Lavina May at Chiltern in 1900. Mrs. Lilly NEWMAN, wife of Charles, a miner, wishes to adopt. 4 pages, List 35.
SAWYERS, William Harold, son of Frances Maud, a widow, South Yarra, adopted by Mrs. Ellen DONEGAN, Carlton in 1903. 6 pages, List 46.
SCAIFE, Doris, mother Nellie, with a nurse in Prahran. June 1904 Monthly Return, List 54.
SCANLON, Edward James, mother Nora, Carlton, with a nurse in Fitzroy. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
SCANLAN, Harriet W., nurse,South Yarra, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCANNELL, Walter, mother Mary, Fitzroy; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCANTLEBURY, Mary Ann, advises in 1902 that she has taken in her daughter’s illegitimate child Ruby Bligh GARDEN, and asked if necessary to register. 3 pages, List 43.
SCARBOROUGH, Betty. Collingwood, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Ada QUAIL, but removed by Mrs. ADAMS. Moved to larger house.
SCARFFE, Alice E. Richmond, nurse, has charge of a child. August 1906 Monthly Return, List 53.
SCARFFE, Alice, Richmond, nurse, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCATTINI, Elizabeth, looking after grandson William Richard, mother Mary Jane, in 1898. Not registered, charged; child died. 10 pages, List 21.
SCHAECHE, John William, wrote from Kyneton in 1904, he has adopted Ada Adeline Schaeche, child of his brother Constable Schaeche who’s wife has died. 4 pages, List 24.
SCHELLNACK, A.. Northcote, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCHLEME, Reuben, mother Mira, Carlton; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCHLEN, Emma. East Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed. Moved house.
SCHMIDT, Honora, Collingwood, married, applied for registration in 1900. Local police state she was previously registered, but is now 55-60 years old, illiterate and in poor circumstances and do not recommend. 8 pages, List 33.
SCHNEIDER, Isabella J., Melbourne, applied to adopt Ivy Doris STEWART in 1902; child given to her by Dr. Clara STONE, mother’s name not given. 4 pages, List 44.
SCHOLES, Elizabeth, registered nurse, South Yarra. Had one child in January 1906 Monthly Return.
SCHOLES, Elizabeth, nurse, South Yarra, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCHULDT, Florence. Daughter of Elizabeth of Ballarat. With a nurse in Melbourne; two entries. April 1899 Monthly Return.
SCHWAB, Elsie Ellen, Locksley, gave birth to illegitimate child Malinda in 1907 and claimed Henry MEIRS was the father. Paternity case failed and he had birth certificate altered by Registrar. File re possible prosecution of Elsie. 10 pages, List 56.
SCHWAMBACH, Cornelius William, removed from care of nurse Mrs. A. JARRON in South Melbourne, and given to St. Joseph’s Home, Surrey Hills in 1896. 4 pages, List 26.
SCOTLAND, Ellen, Prahran, nurse, had one child in her care. June 1904 Monthly Return, List 54.
SCOTLAND, Ellen, Windsor, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCOTT, Arthur Edward, adopted by Annie and George ANDREWS, Brunswick, in 1903; mother is Bella. 5 pages, List 50.
SCOTT, Edna Lindsay, mother Mary, Brighton; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCOTT, Edward L., mother Mary, with a nurse. Monthly Return August 1906, List 53.
SCOTT, Ellen Davis, mother Maude, with a nurse in Carlton. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
SCOTT, Francis N. Wrote from Kongwak via Korumburra in 1898. His wife is adopting Margery HOWARD her niece. Child was known as May H. SMITH when with nurse Mrs. Annie THORPE. 5 pages, List 6.
SCOTT, Helen, Malvern, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SCOTT, John, Werribee, advised in 1907 that his mother in law Mrs. J. KING, has taken in his infant after the mother’s death. 5 pages, List 56.
SCUDDER, Rose, Charlton, applied for registration in 1903; refused. 5 pages, List 50.
SCURRAH, Mrs. Buninyong, wrote in 1902, she wishes to adopt Joseph KING, child of her niece Levina, now in W.A. 9 pages, List 39.
SEAMER, Jane, Northcote, applied to have care of niece’s child (unnamed) in 1903. 6 pages, List 47.
SECOMBE, Jean, Footscray, asks for her registration to be cancelled in 1906; has adopted Jane Evelyn HANNA. 6 pages, List 52.
SECOMBE, Jean, Footscray, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SEEAR, Mary, wife of Samuel, Walhalla. Applies for registration as a nurse, wants to take Rosina, daughter of Antonio PLOZZA, 1904. 4 pages, List 6.
SEIVERS, Sarah, Brunswick, nurse, has two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34. (see also SIEVERS).
SELLE, John William. Dibbs, illegitimate child of Annie D.E. SELLE, was born at the home of John DIBBS, who was charged with failure to register the birth within 3 days; no further action taken. 1897
SELLWOOD, Catherine. Applies for registration as nurse, 1905. List 2.
SEMLER, Cyril Alwynne¸ son of Martha, with a nurse, mother interstate. Monthly Return January 1904.
SHALLUE, W.H., in the care of a nurse, mother E.,Sale. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SHARP, Mrs. M.A. Clifton Hill, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Norman McLEOD who died of consumption in September, has another male child who is ill with same complaint.
SHARP, M.A., Wodonga, advised in 1899 she had removed grandchild Cora SHARP from nurse Mrs. Fanny Ann SWEET. 4 pages, List 30
SHARPE, Elizabeth, Windsor, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SHARP, Elsie Ellen, born 1904, daughter of E. Sharp, adopted in 1907 by Mrs. Caroline CURTIS of Collingwood, wife of a bricklayer. She is the daughter of nurse LAWSON. 4 pages, List 33.
SHARPE, Elsie E., in the care of a nurse, received from Mrs. E. TUCKFORD, South Melbourne. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SHARPE, Mrs. N., Preston, dressmaker, applies for registration, then withdraws it; negative report from Fitzroy police, 1901. 18 pages, List 39.
SHAW, Doris Ann, mother Elizabeth, with a nurse inCarlton. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
SHAW, Doris Ann. Mother Elizabeth of Carlton. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Return, List 2.
SHAW, Joseph Edward T., mother Mary, South Yarra; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Returnt, List 34.
SHAW, Mary, mother of Edward Telopha (?) Shaw, took him from nurse R. WERNERT of South Yarra in 1907. Police trace her to check on welfare of child. 8 pages, List 11.
SHEDDEN, A.H., mother Sarah J., in the care of a nurse in Port Melbourne. Monthly Return, September 1900. List 36.
SHEEHAN. Beatrice. Anonymous letter in 1899 states that she took Elizabeth, baby of Elizabeth STANFORD, and passed it off as her own, after having a miscarriage. She had been in a relationship with Frank BROYER of Richmond, a married man, and stayed at home of Mrs. Ellen BASSER, with the child, which was registered as Gladys May Sheehan. Broyer was paying maintenance on this and a previous child. 15 pages, List 32.
SHEEHY, Ellen, 22 years, single, gave birth to Catherine Mary Sheehy at Mrs. Kate SAVAGE’s house in Albert Park in 1899. Child not registered in time, so Savage charged. Child delivered by Mrs. Mary Ann GRAHAM; mother came from Glen Lyon. 11 pages, List 30.
SHEEN, Ellen,North Melbourne, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SHELLEY, Mary, mother Elizabeth, Hawksburn, with a nurse. May 1902 Monthly Return, List 44.
SHELLEY, Phillip Arthur, mother Kathleen, East Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SHEPPARD, Elizabeth and Thomas, North Melbourne, adopted the male child of Laura HARRISON in 1904. 5 pages, List 25.
SHEPPARD, Mrs. Henrietta A. of Windsor, to adopt Linda May CUTTS, 1901. List 2. Letter from her in 1902, mother has taken child back. List 12.
SHEPPARD, Ruby Elsie, infant, died at home of nurse Caroline ELLSLEY, Prahran, in 1900. Child’s mother died in childbirth. 2 pages, List 37.
SHEPPERD, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of James, Fitzroy, applied for registration in 1903; they had four adult children. Request denied. 7 pages, List 49.
SHERER, Jessie, Windsor, nurse, has two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Returnt, List 34.
SHERLOCK, N. Richmond, registered as a nurse, 1893; has one male child, unnamed.
SHERIFS/SHERRIFS/SHIRRIFS, Laurie, one of twin girls born at Nurse STAFFORD’s private hospital, Albert Park, to Eileen Agnes; adopted by Theresa J. wife of Thomas B. CLARK, Drouin Gippsland in 1907; she had lost her own child in the hospital, and wished the adoption kept secret. 7 pages List 56. [Various spellings of name.]
SHIELDS, Mrs., living with Samuel ROWE in 1903, her husband having gone interstate several years prior, and gave birth to child Louisa, then began to drink heavily. The child is removed and given to nurse Annie NEAL of Richmond, but subsequently died. 10 pages, List 48.
SHILLINGLAW, Alice, of Balaclava, adopted Stella, illegitimate daughter of Annie BOWEN in 1896. Report on case, child subsequently died. 7 pages, List 10.
SHILLINGLAW, Bessie. Windsor, nurse has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SHORTALL, William Ernest Nettle, mother Mary, taken in by nurse Ellen LINDSAY of Ballarat in 1906. 2 pages, List 22.
SHORTIS, M.S.D., father Thomas, Northcote; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SHORTIS, Mary Sabina Dorthy, returned to Miss Sutherland’s care by nurse E. HALL, and died in hospital shortly after. 4 pages, List 33.
SHROWN, Myrtle Phillis, daughter of Ethel, adopted by J.W. MALCOLMSON in 1904 as their own child was stillborn. 14 pages, List 51.
SHUGG, Henry G., Sedgwick via Bendigo, teacher, advised in 1903 that he had adopted Constance May PITMAN. 3 pages, List 49.
SHUTT, Clarence E., mother Mrs. Frances, Brunswick, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
SIEVERS, S., Brunswick, 1906; Rupert PEARCE removed by mother Daisy but subsequently died. Sievers has been registered as a nurse since 1896. 6 pages, List 22. (see also SEIVERS.)
SILVER, Jane. Her child Ivy adopted by Jane STEVENS, 1901. List 2.
SIMMONDS, Eva, mother Grace FLOWER, Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, 2 entries List 34.
SIMMONDS, Jean, mother Mary Susannah, Prahran; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SIMMONS, Martha, North Melbourne, applied in 1904 to be registered, has child Elsie Kate HALL. Infant’s father, J.G. Hall, writes on her behalf as she is Welsh and can’t write in English. The mother is dead. Registration refused, and child given to nurse Mrs. NEAL of Richmond, but died shortly after. 8 pages, List 25.
SIMPSON, Desmond Carl. Son of Bertha of Beechworth. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899, and May 1900 Monthly Returns. June 1899 Monthly Return gives mother as Martha. August 1900 Monthly Return gives mother as Martha, List 35.
SIMPSON, Desmond Carl, mother Martha at Beechworth, with a nurse in Carlton. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
SIMPSON, Mary Ann. Kyneton, registered as a nurse, 1893; has child Annie FRASER.
SINCLAIR, Mrs. Mary, West Melbourne, husband a hairdresser. Has taken in her sister’s infant child in 1900 as she is in hospital. Does she need to register under the Act. 8 pages, List 36.
SINEL, Bertram, Yarraville, wrote in 1905 advising that he was adopting Bertram JONES, son of Elizabeth. 4 pages, List 46.
SINGER, Mrs. E. Footscray, registered as a nurse, 1893; has one male child, unnamed, who died.
SKIDMORE, Gladys. Illegitimate child, in care of nurse Mrs. HEATH of Castlemaine, but dies while Heath is visiting her married daughter WILLIAMS in Ballarat in 1895. 8 pages, List 22.
SKEFFINGTON, Margaret. Daughter of Mary HOWE. With a nurse. June 1899 Monthly Return. See also SKIFFINGTON. [In births index as Margaret Shiffington Howe]
SKIFFINGTON, Margaret. Daughter of Margaret HOWE of Everton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return. See also SKEFFINGTON.
SLADE, Martha, Brunswick, nurse, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SLATER, Florence, a boarded out infant, died at nurse BARROW’s home near Riddells Creek in
1910. Mother Frances Harriet Slater, single was from West Alberton, Gippsland and was only 15 years old. Father of child was David TREWIN. Report on burial and other costs etc. 10 pages, List 42.
SLATTERY, Bridget, wrote from Botanic Gardens, South Yarra, in 1900. Husband James works there. She has taken in the 8 week old child of her deceased friend Mrs. ALLAN. 5 pages, List 32.
SLATTERY, Mary Monica, mother Margaret, South Melbourne, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
SLEE, A. Advises that one child she had has been adopted, and she now has another, Jessie GRIGGS. 4 pages, List 4.
SLEE, Annie. Incomplete 1902 file re adoption of Ruby GIBSON, 2 pages, List 17.
SLEE, Annie, Brunswick. Francis KIRWIN, son of Kate, died there in 1904; query on the number of children she has in her care. 4 pages, List 53.
SLEE, Annie, Brunswick, nurse, had five children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SLEE, Mrs Annie, Brunswick. In 1907 asked to re reinstated as a registered nurse. Refused; negative report given. 19 pages, List 54.
SLY, Freda May, mother Mary, Northcote; with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
SMAIL, Christina. Daughter of Walter, with a nurse. June 1899 Monthly Return.
SMEATON, Mrs. Elizabeth. Richmond, to adopt Hilda, illegitimate child of Lucy PEARCE of Deniliquin in 1904. 4 pages, , List 6.
SMITH, Mrs. A. South Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had male child which was given to Augusta STEADMAN of Auburn.
SMITH, Adelaide Vera, daughter of Mary, South Australia, adopted by Mary Ann and Frank McDONALD, Albert Park, in 1903. 3 pages, List 49.
SMITH, Alice. Gave birth to Reginald SMITH in 1901, illegitimate. Alice is daughter of Andrew John SMITH of Byaduk. Child neglected, court case 1904. List 13.
SMITH, Arthur, mother Esther, South Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SMITH, Diana. Wife of Francis; applies to adopt Mary, daughter of Jane McCARTY of Guildford. 4 pages, List 4.
SMITH, Doris, mother Maggie, Canterbury; with a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SMITH, Eliza, South Melbourne, nurse, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SMITH, Ernest, grandmother Mrs. Smith, Burnley, with a nurse. Monthly Return August 1906, List 53.
SMITH, Ernest, born 1904, in the care of a nurse, received from grandmother at Burnley; February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SMITH, Eva Maud, 18 years, gave birth to illegitimate child Robert Allan Smith at the home of her mother, Elizabeth JOHNSTON, Stawell in 1907. Child not registered in time and mother charged. 5 pages, List 57.
SMITH, Florence, 11months, adopted from the Sisters of St. Joseph by Mrs. Sarah McFARLANE of South Yarra in 1905; her husband is a railway employee. 5 pages, List 46.
SMITH, George David, born December 1894, mother Matilda Grace Smith; placed in care of Lillie FLEMING or WHEELER of South Melbourne by sister Edith Smith in 1896. She is an unlicensed nurse and is fined. 16 pages, List 24.
SMITH, Hannah. Gave birth to illegitimate child Robert William Smith in 1902, father Robert MORTON; she is living with MONG SING in Melbourne. List 12.
SMITH, Hannah. Prahran, nurse, 1904. Has children John, William and Robert REIDY, mother Mary of Morwell; and John SWEENEY, mother Elizabeth of Yarram. Monthly Return. List 15.
SMITH, Hannah, Richmond, nurse had no children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SMITH, Mrs. Harriet of Footscray, has taken over care of brother in law’s child, mother has died. He, Albert Anderson SMITH, is living with them. His other child John, 4 years, is with aunt Mrs. GLENDENNING, 1902. 4 pages, List 18.
SMITH, Mrs. Harriet, Moore Street South Yarra, applied for registration in 1903. They have an adult family. Refused. 6 pages, List 49.
SMITH, Ilene Margaret; mother Sarah, Ballarat; midwife Hannah L. MOORE. In the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SMITH, Jane. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had two children, unnamed, both of whom died.
SMITH, Janet, wife of a blacksmith at Healesville, advised in 1905 that she is temporarily caring for an infant (unnamed) whose mother has been admitted to an asylum. 4 pages, List 38.
SMITH, Leslie, with a registered nurse, mother Edith, a wet nurse. List 27. Monthly Return, February 1899. South Melbourne.
SMITH, Louisa, daughter of Jennie of Kew. With a nurse in Melbourne. May 1899 Monthly Return.
SMITH, Louise A.F. Applies from Shepparton to recome registered, a taking child of Fa nny MEALS. Registration refused because of her intemperance. List 11.
SMITH, Maggie, Fitzroy, asks for help in 1900 in getting her property from Nurse JEFFS’s private hospital in Carlton. She gave birth there in 1898, claiming to be married, and left suddenly, leaving her boxes behind. Summary of case on file. 9 pages, List 36.
SMITH, Margaret, registered nurse, wife of David Ernest, Elsternwick. Adopted Edith BAKER, child of Rose; child now very ill, 1903. 3 pages, List 5.
SMITH, Margarette V., came from Coolgardie W.A. in 1899 and adopted child Harold MARKS, mother Lillian. She wished to pass him off as her own to her husband. 6 pages, List 54.
SMITH, Margaret H. Daughter of Ellen Smith. With a nurse in Melbourne, May 1899 Monthly Return.
SMITH, Mrs. Mary (husband in Vic. naval force), Yarraville, reports in 1903 she has illegitimate child in her care while the mother, GOLDSWORTHY, has gone interstate to find father; she is aunt. Mother does not return. 6 pages, List 50.
SMITH, Mrs. Mary Ann, wife of J.C., Bellman, Echuca, adopts child Donald David Patrick NEVISON, infant of George, a laborer at Kilmore, mother had died. 4 pages, List 27.
SMITH, Rhoda, charged with failure to register her house; Georgina PHILLIPS, widow, Prahran, had illegitimate child Frank Phillips in 1897; she paid 10/- per week for Smith to have the child. The child died 6.2.1898, of broncho pneumonia. Smith had applied to be registered, but was illiterate.
SMITH, S. Prahran, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Lesley James MENEAR and Dulcy Irene EARL.
SMITH, Sarah Ann,Balaclava, had charge of a child. Monthly Return November 1898. List 28.
SMITH, Violet Rita, daughter of Edith of Bayswater, transferred to another nurse in 1901. 5 pages, List 39.
SMITH, William Gilbert. Windsor, 1898. Charged with failure to register birth of illegitimate child of Ellen ALLEN within required time. 6 pages, List 2.
SMYTH, Harold F., mother Ethel, died while in care of a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
SNELL, Ethel, wrote from Fitzroy in 1899, is on a visit from Sydney and wishes to adopt the child of Rose FINLAY. Mother changes mind however. 6 pages, List 28.
SNELL, Rose, (husband William John) Port Melbourne, 1906, has taken child Vera HILES for adoption, mother Annie. Child was with nurse Sarah TOOGOOD of North Melbourne; two letters from mother on file. 19 pages, List 22.
SNOW, Frederick, returned to father, as nurse Mary Ann QUICK of West Melbourne failed registration; illiterate, so couldn’t read prescription instructions. Child’s mother died after giving birth, 1898.
SNUDDEN, Jessie. Richmond, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child of Emily D’ARC. Has moved house.
SOLLY/SOLLEY, Sarah Jane. Came from Kalgoorlie WA in 1898 to adopt a child and pass it off as her own; lived with William WANSTALL. Mrs. MORTON of Bombra near Dean’s Marsh gave birth in Carlton 16 Dec. 1898 and handed her the child. 7 pages, List 17.
SOLNICK, Lillian, in the care of a nurse, received from Leah Solnick, Brunswick. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SOLOMON, Rachael. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.
SOLOMON, William, Seymour, left his infant with nurse R. TOWNSEND at Coburg in 1905, but she became ill and child removed to his sister Mrs. ROBINSON at Seymour. His wife had cleared out, leaving him with five children. 6 pages, List 49.
SOPER, Emily, gave birth to child Annie Elizabeth in 1899 and gave to Mrs. BAKER in Carlton to nurse, then went to Deniliquin and has not paid maintenance. Police find she married Albert LAWSON and returned to collect child, but did not pay amount due. 14 pages, List 37.
SOWTER, Amelia, Collingwood, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SPARGO, Mary J., nurse, Brunswick, has taken child Agnes Adelaide FARNHAM, 1898.
SPARGO, Sarah, Brighton, applied to register in 1906. Separated from husband, 2 sons living with her, is 50-60 years old; takes in child Linda HUSSEY, mother Amy. Mother removes child, who dies in hospital. In the meantime Spargo has moved, but still has roll book with her, so has to be traced. 17 pages, List 22.
SPARKS, Lavinia Laura, infant, mother had died, so taken in by grandmother Mrs. ROONEY of South Melbourne in 1906. 4 pages, List 45.
SPEED, E., Richmond South, nurse, has charge of a child. August 1906 Monthly Return, List 53.
SPEED, E, Richmond, nurse, has two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SPEED, Harriet, Colac, adopted Gladys Isabel COREDON in 1901; references on file. 9 pages, List 39.
SPENCE, Emily, Brighton, nurse, has child Ernest Dwyer VANDENBERG who is going to be adopted, 1905. 2 pages, List 6.
SPENCER, Ernest Theodore, father Robert, Brunswick, in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SPENCER, Phoebe Ellen, with a nurse, received from Mrs Elizabeth JACKSON, Bendigo. November 1903 Monthly Return, List 55.
SPIER, Juliana, Newport, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SPRIGGS, Kathleen, mother Annie, Carlton, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
SPRING, Elizabeth. South Melbourne. Registered nurse, has child. Feb 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
SPRINGFIELD, Mrs. Ella Annie, Burnley, applied to adopt Dorothy May BOARDMAN, daughter of Alice Gertrude in 1903. Signed agreement on file. 5 pages, List 49.
SQUIRE, Elizabeth, Ararat, for renewal of registration, 1904. 2 pages, , List 6.
STANLEY, Amelia, Back Creek, Bendigo, registered nurse, looks after Henry JONES but child died in 1896, ‘was always delicate’. She then decides not to take any more children and returns Roll book. 5 pages, List 25
STANLEY, Mrs. Amelia, Back Creek, Bendigo; claim she is unsatisfactory as a nurse in 1896 by Lady Visitor Mrs. J. HARCOURT, but local police support her. She resigns. 13 pages, List 24.
STANLEY, Amelia, Bendigo, advises in 1902 she has taken in May MINTER, child of Ethel May. 3 pages, List 44.
STANSFIELD, Catherine, Castlemaine, in 1905 reports handing over child John Reed NEDWELL to another nurse as she’s moving. 7 pages, List 45.
STANTON, Harold Darwin, mother Gertrude, Mirboo; in the care of a nurse. Child adopted. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34. CONNECTION FOUND.
STAPLETON, John Charles, mother Mary, Richmond; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
STEADMAN/STEDMAN, Constance. Daughter of Esther of Clunes, removed from nurse Margaret INGRAM at Carlton, is to be adopted by Mary MELVILLE of Carlton, 1899. Police suspicious.
STEBBINGS, Miss. Wrote from Brunswick in 1901, asking if she could be registered, as she intended to rent a house and care for infants. Report states she was born in Tasmania, arrived in Melbourne in 1900 and had given birth to an illegitimate child; her circumstances detailed and registration refused.
STEEL, W., mother J., South Yarra; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
STEEL, William, mother Jane, South Yarra, with a nurse in Fitzroy. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
STEEL, William child of Jane of South Yarra, with a nurse in Fitzroy in January 1906. Monthly Return, List 23.
STEELE, Leslie Roy, mother Edith, with a nurse in Footscray in August 1900, Monthly Return, List 35.
STEINMEYER, Wilhelm, mother Mrs. Charlotte, Carlton; with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
STENFADT, M. East Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.
STEPHENS, Alma, mother Sarah, Abbotsford, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
STEPHENS, Beatrice, child of Ada, taken in by nurse Mrs. E. FORD of Ballarat Sth, in 1906. 2 pages, List 4.
STEPHENS, Thomas John, mother Amelia, Brighton, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
STEPHENS, Margaret, Numurkah, wants to adopt Clarence Robert HARRISON, born 1898, parents Robert McCULLUM, laborer, and Ada Jane Harrison, spinster, both of Waubra; are to pay fee. Stephens already has 5 children; Dept. doesn’t like the arrangement.
STEPHENSON, Henry Gordon, son of Mrs. Maggie, adopted by Eliza E. DALTON, Brunswick, in 1902; has had her since birth. Father is of ‘weak intellect’ and parents like apart. 6 pages, List 43.
STEVENS, Clara M., Bowenvale, widow, adopted Violet Clancy GOLLOHER, mother Eliza in 1900. Lady Visitor Isabella WARTON reports on case. 13 pages, List 36.
STEPHENS, Victoria May, came from Sydney in 1906 and gave birth in the Children’s Hospital, then disappeared, leaving them with the child. Donald MORPHETT of Toombullup offered to adopt. This is an incomplete file. 2 pages, List 52.
STEVENSON, Henry, St. Arnaud, wishes to adopt Thomas LANG, child of Ellen. 3 pages, List 38.
STEVENSON, Mrs. J. Williamstown, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child.
STEWART, Mrs. Alice, Boolara, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Mary Ralphael LAWLESS, daughter of Josephine and John MALONEY. Very detailed report on Stewart household.
STEWART, Cyril, mother Ada, Toorak, with a nurse. Monthly Return August 1906, List 53.
STEWART, Cyril, mother Ada, Toorak; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
STEWART, Eliza. Nurse, Moonee Ponds. May 1899 Monthly Return.
STEWART, Eric. Boarded out with nurse Mrs. Bryan in Hawthorn in 1899. One page form report by Miss S. Sanderson and Mrs. Dyson of Boarding Out Committee
STEWART, Myra, mother Agnes, Prahran; died while in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
STEWART, Myrtle Daphne, born May 1906. Adopted by Lucy de Gusman GURNER of Toorak in 1907. Child’s father Charles has deserted mother Alice, they were from South Aust. 6 pages, List 11.
STEWART, Nellie Jean. Boarded out with nurse Mrs. Lacy in Hawthorn in 1899. One page form report by Mrs. Buttle and Dawborn of Boarding Out Committee. May 1899 Monthly Return shows mother Mrs. J. Stewart.
STINTON, E., Golden Square, listed as a nurse in October 1903; no further details given.
STOCK, Mary, wife of Charles, Port Melbourne, adopted Carmen Irene ENGLISH, mother Beatrice, in 1903. Reference on file. 6 pages, List 49.
STOCKTON, Mrs. Georgina. Moonee Ponds, registered as a nurse, 1893; had William Ellis SKIDMORE, sonr of Mary Jane.
STORAN, Mary. West Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Mary Ellen O’GRADY, who died.
STORR, Mrs. Elizabeth of Queen Street Melbourne, found that her servant Alice McLENNAN alias Mary OSBORNE, had given birth to an illegitimate child which had died and been dumped by her. Mother charged with manslaughter, but discussion whether Storr should be charged as child was born in her house and birth not registered, 1899.
STOW, – Mrs. Toorak, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Marie Rose GRIBBEN.
STOW, Mrs. Ethel, South Yarra, adopted Jack BABBINGTON in 1913, but mother Amelia Florence kidnaps him back in 1917. Copies of adoption papers on file along with several letters from Stow in which she points on that Amelia’s sister is Jessie FALKINER, involved in court case. 15 pages, List 54.
STOW, Marjory Jean, daughter of Emily Louisa, adopted by Harriet Jane TALBOT, daughter of Catherine, Bendigo, in 1906; negative report. 4 pages, List 53.
STRACHAN, Margaret, Port Melbourne, had one child in her care. Monthly Return, September 1900. List 36.
STRACHAN, S. Brighton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had a male child, unnamed.
STRAKER, Johannah, Brunswick, nurse, resignation received. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
STRATFORD, Mrs. Ellen, Richmond. Seeks exemption from registering, 1894; has her brother’s child Irene Gladys HOLLINGSWORTH, mother dead. 13 pages, List 21.
STREET, E., Montague, nurse, advises in 1901 that Selina Jane McVEAR gave birth to Olive Myrtle McVear in her house, and is staying with her. 3 pages, List 37.
STREET, Elizabeth. South Melbourne. Registered nurse, has child. Feb 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
STROWN, Kate of Coburg. Applies for registration in 1906; refused. 4 pages, List 3.
STUART, Eliza, Essendon, nurse, has five children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
STUART, Mrs. Elizabeth. Nurse, Moonee Ponds; adopts Percy Arthur JENKINS, 1900. [Note this is also recorded in the fiche for 1901 under the name of STEWART, with a different file number.]
STUART, Mrs. nurse, Essendon, reported in 1907 that she hadn’t received maintenance for John LAWSON, son of Elizabeth Lawson and asked police to find her at Corowa NSW. Located, she removed her child, but then took him to a NSW doctor who claimed that he had been neglected by Stuart. 14 pages, List 56.
STUART, Gladys, mother Laura, in the care of a nurse in Port Melbourne. Monthly Return September 1900. List 36.
STUBBINGS, James John, Taradale, adopted Clarence James William HALL in 1904. The child’s father Edgar had deserted the mother. 3 pages, List 42.
STUMP, Emma M., mother Florence, with a nurse in Footscray. August 1900 Monthly Return, List 35.
SULLIVAN, Dennis, Kingston, in 1898 adopts Agnes Amelia VAGUE, mother Lily, of Spring Hill near Creswick. 5 pages, List 20.
SULLIVAN, Mary, mother Annie, Port Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SULLIVAN, Mary Agnes. Grandmother Mary THOMSON of Ascot Vale wants to care for her, is 14 months, mother is dead. 4 pages, List 20.
SULLY, Miss Emma. Glenferrie, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Herbert CONWAY.
SUMMERS, Mrs Martha. Applies to adopt Alice TAFFE, mother Maggie, in 1901. List 2. Had one male child in June 1899 Monthly Return.
SUMNER, E.L., Stawell, nurse, advised in 1904 that she has taken in Dorothy HOOPER at request of grandmother. 4 pages, List 47.
SUMNER, E.L. Stawell, 1904, has taken in Bernard J. & Norman F. THOMPSON, their mother is in hospital. List 15.
SUMPTER,Elizabeth, Carlton, nurse; has no child at present. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
SUTHERLAND, Cyril, mother Linda, with a nurse in Prahran. June 1904 Monthly Return, List 54.
SUTHERLAND, Gladys, mother Mary, single, (Ratandra ?? Vic) with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
SUTHERLAND, Harriet, wife of James, Benalla, advises she is taking in her dead sister’s child as her own. Her sister was Mrs. Eliza Ann SCHULZ and the child was Thelma Muriel. 4 pages, List 45.
SUTHERLAND, Margaret, nurse, Prahran, June 1904 Monthly Return, List 54.
SUTTON, Kathleen M., mother Jane, single, (Mt. Gambier, SA), with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
SWEET, Fanny A., Wodonga, applied for registration as a nurse in 1899. She has Cora SHARP, mother Emily, late of Melbourne, now of Albury. 10 pages, List 29.
SWEETMAN, E. South Yarra, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Edith Kinder McCORUCHY. List 1.
SWITZER, Mary, Yarraville, nurse, had one child, November 1903 Monthly Return, List 55. Ditto, February 1904 Monthly Return, List 10.
SWYER, Annie, Windsor, nurse, one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
SYME, Margaret. Nurse, Faraday, renewal of registration. 1 page, List 5.
SYMES, William, born Queenscliff 1894, illegitimate child of Jane, is found to have been not vaccinated. Mother states child taken by Mrs. ATKIN of North Melbourne for adoption, and they have gone to W.A. Not found. 36 pages, List 23.
TAIT, Katherine, illegitimate child Irene died at home of unregistered nurse Mrs. SADLER of Werribee in 1898; report on. 6 pages, List 21.
TAIT, Mrs. Martha. Warrak, registered as a nurse, 1893; had the illegitimate child of Margaret WATTS of Ararat.
TALBOT, Harriet Jane, Drummartin via Raywood, adopted Marjory Jean STOW 6 months prior, but in early 1907 the parents wanted the child back; they had married and were living in Wagga Wagga NSW. 8 pages, List 33.
TALENT, Mrs. South Melbourne, to adopt Andrew McKAY in 1905. List 16.
TAPPER, Alice Winifred, Horsham, runs a private hospital there, and has care of Norman ROBERTS, illegitimate child of Ethel, who dies in 1906. His mother lives at Charlton. 6 pages, List 45.
TARLETON, Mary, unnamed illegitimate son adopted by Hellen RUSSELL, Footscray in 1904; mother has six other children. 3 pages, List 45.
TASKER, Agnes, widow, Malvern, charged with failure to register birth of George Allan TILLEY, illegitimate son of Luie within prescribed time in 1904. She was separated from her husband, and her mother Minnie NICHOLSON assisted with the birth. 9 pages, List
TATE, Helen. Adopted by Mrs. De DARNEY/NARNEY [D’ARNEY?] of Newport in 1907; mother Mary was from Adelaide. List 11.
TATNELL, James Frederick, mother Ada, Hawthorn; with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
TAYLOR, Annie, Carlton, had one child in her care. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
TAYLOR, Annie, Carlton, nurse, has one child. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
TAYLOR, Elizabeth Eva. Given up by nurse Mrs. ALLANSON of Collingwood to Mrs. GILCHRIST of Port Melbourne, her mother’s sister in law, in 1899. 5 pages, List 2.
TAYLOR, Mrs. George, died 1899, leaving 3 children, husband a seaman. Her mother Mrs. BARNETT of Sth Melbourne took in children until his return, asks exemption. 6 pages, List 20.
TAYLOR, Harold, mother Amelia, single, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
TAYLOR, Henry, in the care of a nurse, received from Mrs. Taylor, Clifton Hill. February 2907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TAYLOR, Henry J., mother Mrs. Taylor, Clifton Hill, in the care of a nurse in Port Melbourne. Monthly Return, September 1900. List 36.
TAYOR, Keith, son of Lena, adopted by Winifred DENNY, South Yarra, in 1907. 10 pages, List 57.
TAYLOR, Leslie V. Child, given by Mrs. BARROW. With a nurse in Melbourne; May 1899 Monthly Return.
TAYLOR, Mrs. Lily of Black Hills. Applies to adopt Rosy May CROSS, daughter of Mary, and nearly two years old in 1899. She also has Mary PENHALL and her mother living with her. A child of the surname of AMOS previously died in her care. 7 pages.
TAYLOR, Ruth, in the care of a nurse, received from Lena, Spring St., Melbourne. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TAYLOR, Sarah. Charged with not registered the birth of her illegitimate child Josephine Eva at Malvern within the required time. Father named. 10 pages.
TAYLOR, William. Son of Bridget of Essendon. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 and June 1899 Monthly Returns.
TELFEND, Mrs. Elizabeth. Ararat, registered as a nurse, 1893; had the child of Jane KELLY.
TELFORD, Eliza, Back Creek, listed as a nurse in October 1903; no further details given.
TELFORD, Eliza, nurse, Bendigo, advised she had Elizabeth QUINN, mother Agnes, in her care in 1903. 2 pages, List 47.
TENHAM, Rose. Unregistered nurse, has child Vera May Jones, born 1897, mother Ettie, in her care, 1899. 10 pages, List 2.
TEPPER [TEPPA], Joseph, mother Minnie in Italy; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOM, Maud, Footscray, nurse; has no child at present. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
THOMAS, Alice, child of Sarah Alice, with a nurse. January 1904 Monthly Return.
THOMAS, Ann, Prahran, nurse, had one child. June 1904 Monthly Return, List 54.
THOMAS, George. Son of Winifred, of Stawell. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
THOMAS, Ida May. Child, file re her sudden death at Meredith in 1903. 2 pages, List 4.
THOMAS, Joseph; in the care of a nurse; received from Mrs. CRISP, Livingston Homes. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOMAS, Kitty, in the care of a nurse, received from Dr. Clara STONE. May 1902 Monthly Return, List 44.
THOMAS, Kitty, boarding with Mrs. Lucia HALL in 1903, adopted by Margaret ROUTLEY of Geelong; two years old and under the guardianship of Dr Clara STONE. 5 pages, List 50. Another file on same case. 4 pages, List 50.
THOMAS, Lizzie. Illegitimate child, 1900, 6 pages, List 2.
THOMAS, Margaret Ann, of Footscray. Charged with failure to register birth of her daughter Mary Jane DERVAN’s illegitimate child within 3 days in 1904. Elizabeth Ann STEELE was present at birth. 6 pages, List 9
THOMAS, Mary. Has taken Wilfred N. RUMBLE to nurse, 1904, mother Clara J. Rumble. List 16.
THOMAS, Mary Ann nee WATSON, charged at South Melbourne with failure to register the birth of her illegitimate child Stanley Lewis WATSON within the required time. She subsequently married the father. 10 pages, List 26.
THOMAS, Osborne, in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOMAS, Victoria M., mother Ettie, Richmond; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOMAS, Victoria Maud, (mother Ettie) to be adopted in 1907 by Louisa SUNDERLAND of Windsor; husband William a baker. 5 pages, List 33.
THOMPSON, Catherine, mother Catherine, Violet Town, with a nurse at South Yarra in January 1906. Monthly Return. List 23.
THOMPSON, Catherine, mother Catherine, Violet Town; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOMPSON, Mrs. Charlotte, wife of William Joseph, painter, North Fitzroy, applied in 1901 to adopt Francis Henry O’DONNELL, child of Mary. Previously Mrs. Margaret BROWN of Collingwood had applied, but withdrew. 12 pages, List 39.
THOMPSON, Mrs. E. St. Kilda, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.
THOMPSON, Ellen. Moonee Ponds, nurse. May 1899 Monthly Return.
THOMPSON, Frank, Collingwood, advised he had adopted Thomas Abeckett MELBOURNE, illegitimate son of Elizabeth Ann of North Brighton. Police report a previously adopted child had died. 4 pages, List 26.
THOMPSON, Herbert R., in the care of a nurse, received from nurse Meiklejohn, Essendon. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOMPSON, Hubert Reginald, mother Olive, Fitzroy; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOMPSON, Leslie, son of Jean, adopted by Mr and Mrs REIMANN, Leongatha, in 1906. Nurse LOCKYER currently has child. 7 pages, List 55.
THOMPSON, Mary Jane, Flemington, reported for failing to register birth of illegitimate son Charles Stephen within required time in 1900. Can’t be found. 3 pages, List 37.
THOMPSON, Percy D., mother Maud, Narrandera NSW; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THOMPSON, Susannah, midwife, Northcote, charged with failure to register birth within required time. Margaret Ann GOULD came from Nagambie in 1904 and gave birth to Mary Ilene Gould, telling Thompson she was married; Christopher CHARLESTON was the father, Mary Ann JOWETT also mentioned. 7 pages, List 48.
THOMPSON, Thomas Seymour. In 1906 being looked after by aunt Kate RENFREY/RENFREE, along with 4 siblings; parents Charles & Sarah have gone to W.A. Thomas left briefly with nurse Hannah HING of Ascot Vale while aunt ill. 7 pages, List 10.
THOMPSON, William Sydney, adopted in Western Australia in 1900 by William and Eliza Ellen THOMPSON, and bought to Victoria with them. They have little money and Eliza leaves him at Bendigo with the child, and goes to Dunolly. Details of their private life given; child given to registered nurse Mrs. BEALE of Bendigo. File contains letter from Eliza and a statement from William. 14 pages, List 37.
THOMS, Lizzie Mable. Gave birth to illegitimate child Kitty at her mother’s house in Windsor in 1900. 6 pages, List 2.
THOMSON, Mrs. Ellen, South Melbourne, adopted Kitty Elizabeth OUSLEY in 1907; mother is dead. 10 pages, List 57.
THOMSON, Harriet, Grey St., St. Kilda, for registration as a nurse, was previously registered when in Brunswick, 4 pages, , List 6.
THOMSON, Mrs. Jane, nurse, in 1902 notified police of her move from Windsor to Armadale and sought re-registration, but response is delayed, so she queries it. She has Sadie Winifred HARN [HARWARD] born 1899. 9 pages, List 44.
THOMSON, Mrs. Margaret, Williamstown, is to adopt cousin’s child Edith DILLON in 1901. 5 pages, List 38.
THORNHILL, Matilda, Beechworth, applied to be registered as a nurse in 1899, previously registered at Ascot Vale. References from A.W. Foster, John Cunningham and Richard Warren, all locals, on file. She had taken in the child of Alice PRITCHARD. 10 pages, List 32.
THORNTON, L.M., mother M., Killarney; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
THORNTON, Marie Theresa of Carlton. Took child Catherine KENNEDY (mother Mary Ann and father Stephen a farmer of Tatura) while unregistered as a nurse. Neglected it, child removed to Nurse Annie Duke, and adopted by mother’s cousin Hannah CASEY of Lancefield, but died. Ellen Mary FULLER, midwife, involved. Large file re prosecution of Thornton. List 2.
THORNTON, Sarah Marie, Long Gully near Corindhap, to adopt Ivy Frances LAWLESS, born Dereel, in 1905. 4 pages, List 45.
TIDYMAN, Alan Norman. Illegitimate son of Elsie, adopted by Nurse CLAYTON of Whittlesea, in 1907. 4 pages, List 11.
TIERNAN, Mary, Carlton, nurse, had two children in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
TIERNAN, Mary. Carlton, adopted James DORAN, mother Mary, in 1904. 4 pages, List 6.
TIERNAN, Mary, Carlton. Reported to police in 1904 that Andrew ANDERSON, 4 years, and his brother Austin, 2 years, sons of Charlotte, a barmaid, had been taken from her care by William CLARKE who claimed to be a friend of Charlotte. 16 pages, List 9.
TIERNEY, Aloysius, son of Catherine, with a nurse. June 1907 Monthly Return, List 56.
TINGWELL, Margaret,Carlton, registered nurse, had 1 child in her care. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
TINGWELL, Margaret of Carlton. Nurse, had child. May 1900 Monthly Return, List 2.
TIPPETT, Harold, mother Louisa, Fitzroy; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TOBIN, Gertrude, Fitzroy, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TODD, W.A., mother Nellie, Fitzroy; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TOEY, Mrs. Jessie. Kangaroo Flat, registered as a nurse, 1893; did not have a child when inspected. Further family details given.
TOLMIE, John. Born 1905, son of Annie and Thomas CHATTO; adopted by Mary SLADE in 1907. Agreement on file. List 13.
TOLMIE, John, mother Annie, Burnley; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TOMLINSON, Norman Elden, adopted by Henry ANDERSON of Carlton, a baker, in 1901. 5 pages, List 37.
TOOGOOD, Sarah. North Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Eva SCULLY, 18 months old, and Agnes RYAN, four years old.
TOOGOOD, Sarah, North Melbourne, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TOOMEY, John, mother Ellen, Carlton, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
TOWN, Ann. Cardigan Street Carlton. Nurse. Has no child at present. April 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Returns, Lists 1 and 2.
TOWN, Ann,Carlton, nurse; has no child at present. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
TOWNSEND, Sydney R. Adopted by W. KIRWAN of Fitzroy, 1900. 3 pages, List 3.
TRAVIS, Julia, nurse, Brunswick, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TREACY, T.P., of Collingwood, to adopt Margaret Nancy DOBINSON, child of Elsie, in 1905. 7 pages, List 7.
TREBY, Sarah A., registered nurse, St. Kilda, had no infants in January 1906. Monthly Return. List 23.
TREBY, Sarah Avenilla, St.Kilda, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
TREBY, Sarah Averilla. Infant Ethel DONNELLY, mother Harriet, dies under her care. 5 pages, List 4.
TRELOAR, Elizabeth Ann, born 1900, mother Elizabeth Ann, adopted by Mary and William SMITH, Abbotsford in 1902; had been in care of nurse COPLAND. References on file. They returned to New Zealand. 11 pages, List 47.
TRENEAR, William John, Hotham Hill, advised in 1903 that he has given his infant daughter Myrtle to Mrs. Sarah WALLACE, to nurse as his wife Lillian is very ill. 3 page, List 49.
TREW, Mrs. Tom, South Richmond, advised in 1907 that she had adopted George Frederick Edward SMITH; his mother Mrs. E.V. SMITH had been deserted by her husband George. Mrs Trew already had a ten year old girl she had adopted. 8 pages, List 57.
TRUSWELL, Mrs. E., nurse, St. Kilda, advised in 1903 that she had Stanley MELBOURNE, son of Ada. Brief report states she has 3 children in her care. 2 pages, List 50.
TRUSWELL, Ellen. Nurse, Brighton, John VANDERBURG dies at her house in 1902. She informs local Sergt who neglects to tell department. List 15.
TUCKER, Constable Albert and wife adopt his sister’s child and call it Gilbert Tucker; was born in Cowra NSW in July 1894. No payment being received, so no need to register under Act. List 28.
TUCKER, Charlotte. Charged with failure to register the birth of her illegitimate child Lena Pearl Tucker at Fitzroy in 1898, within the required time. 7 pages, List 6.
TUCKER, Ernest, born Carlton 1902, adopted by Mrs. Margaret Wilson MACKAY, Richmond; her family are grown up. 3 pages, List 48.
TUCKETT, Robert William, illegitimate child of Henrietta, supposed father George BUTTERWORTH of Meeniyan, Dumbalk. Leongatha police report on background, court case pending as Butterworth’s father claims child. 4 pages, List 20.
TUDDENHAM, Henry L., mother Alice, Wangaratta; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TUDOR (?), Alice,Richmond, nurse, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TUPPER, Mary Jane, Tatura, adopted Harold ZANNER, son of Sarah, Stawell, in 1907. 4 pages, List 54.
TURNBULL, Hector Russell, son of Elizabeth Mary (who lives with her sister Mrs. HOOPER near Wycheproof), died at the home of nurse Jessie B. CHAPMAN, Footscray in 1903, the fifth child to die in her care. 2 pages, List 50. CONNECTION FOUND.
TURNER, Dorothy, Mother Nellie,South Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TURNER, Freda, mother Ethel, Carlton. With a nurse, June/August 1900 Monthly Returnts, List 33 and 35.
TURNER, Lucy, died in Bendigo Hospital in 1901, had come from Adelaide. Emily BUZZA, wife of Thomas, wished to adopt Turner’s 14 month old child Nellie, but was ill, so in the meantime Catherine BAKKER was looking after her. 6 pages, List 38.
TURTON, J.T., Hawthorn, advised in 1900 that he/she had adopted Irene LE GUIER, daughter of Mary and late husband Michael. Child removed from nurse Mrs. Emily TURNER of Beaumaris, who wishes to retire. 7 pages, List 35.
TWEEDIE, Isabella. Nurse, Alphington, had two children in January 1902 Monthly Return. List 4.
TWEEDIE, Isabella. Nurse, Alphington, has one child. Monthly Return October 1903. List 19.
TWEEDIE, Isabella, nurse, Alphington, had one child in January 1904; Monthly Return, List 25.
TWEEDIE, Isabella. Nurse, Alphington, has one child. February 1904 Monthly Return, 1 page, List 10.
TWEEDIE, Isabella, Alphington, has one child in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
TYACK, Leslie. Son of Rose, adopted by David JONES of Port Melbourne, 1901. List 2.
TYCHSEN, Harold Valdimar, handed back to mother by nurse of same name, sister in law, 1905. List 12.
TYCHSEN, Veronica, married woman, Footscray, applies for registration in 1905, wants to take Harold Valdimar Tychsen into her care; father in prison. 6 pages, List 45.
TYE, Edwin J., butcher, Windsor, adopted Margery KELSON, child of Ethel of Newmarket in 1905. Her husband had deserted her before the child was born. 5 pages, List 46.
TYERS, Margaret, Prahran, nurse had two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
TYLER, Thomas Joseph, East Melbourne, charged in 1906 with failure to register birth of illegitimate child Thomas Scott Tyler within required time; mother Florence SCOTT. 12 pages, List 55.
TYRER, Mrs. Janet, North Melbourne, adopts illegitimate child of Isabella ROADKNIGHT of Bairnsdale in 1899; will be known as James Robert Tyrer. 4 pages, List 31.
TYRER, Mrs. J., wrote from North Melbourne in 1899, advising that she has 2½ year old Florence SCALES. 5 pages, List 30.
TYRER, Mrs. Janet, North Melbourne, to adopt Ivy, daughter of Lily COX of Mount Gambier. 3 pages, List 32.
TYRER, Mrs. Janet, North Melbourne, wants to adopt William MAGREE, 1900; already has 2 children in her care, Florry SCALES, 4 yrs and Ivy COX, adopted already by her. Police find mother is to pay £20; adoption refused. Child then put with Nurse Mrs. POWER, Fitzroy, who had adopted child 6 mths before – but mother took her away.
ULMAN, Solomon, father Solomon of Rathdown Street. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Return, List 2.
UNDERWOOD, Mrs. C., King Lake, applied to adopt James Regenat EDDISON, born 1902, mother Ellen WALSH of Richmond. 3 pages, List 49. [Name not in birth indexes]
UPHILL, Victor. Born 1898, given to nurse by Mrs. DUNN, on behalf of child’s father of West Melbourne. May/August 1900 Monthly Returns, List 2 and 35.
VANDENBERG, May, died in nurse’s care,Coburg. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
VANDENBERG, S. Writes re her child Ernest Dwyer Vandenberg in 1904; she wants to leave him with her brother and sister in law, the father having absconded. List 16.
VASSIE, James, Footscray, labourer, married, adopted Doris Vassie, child of his sister Lucy in 1903. 5 pages, List 49.
VEALE, Elizabeth Sarah, Auburn, applied in 1906 to adopt John EDWARDS, son of Alice of Kyneton. 4 pages, List 52.
VEALE, Minnie, Ballarat, registered as a nurse in 1906 so she could take child Marjorie PATTERSON, but mother Janet Winifred has not paid, so returns her. 2 pages, List 52.
VENNING, Rebecca, applies for registration as a nurse in 1896. Has child Robert James JAMIESON; not recommended, Edith COLLINS died in her care. 13 pages, List 24.
VERCOE, Mrs. A. Carlton, 1902. Has child William Edward ROSS, mother Ettie is in NSW. Child previously with gradmother Mrs. COOPER. 3 pages, List 18.
VERNON, Mrs. A. Korong Vale, 1904. Wants to take daughter’s illegitimate child, sent to Mrs. PICKERING at Bendigo, but daughter can’t afford to pay, Mrs. Vernon has 18 children of her own. List 16.
VICKERS, Julia Martha, Bairnsdale, applied for registration in 1904; had infant Allan Crossley, child of Elsie Medora PHILLIPS, and planned to adopt, but later changed her mind. 7 pages, List 46.
VINCE, Rose. Gave birth to Rose in Fitzroy in 1904; child’s birth not registered within 3 days, so Clara PORTER, occupier of house, charged. Rose lived with Thomas CHURCHILL. Case dropped as she told Porter she was married. 8 pages, List 25.
VINCENT, Dorothy. Daughter of Mary, left with nurse Kate SUTTON, 1899, but given back to mother. 6 pages, List 3.
VINCENT, Mrs. Elizabeth Mary. Of Fitzroy, applied in 1901 for an exemption to register, she had taken dead sister’s child. List 12.
VINEHARD (?), Mary A., mother Sarah, single, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
VIVIAN, William J., mother Lilly, single, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
WADE, Clara Arabella, 26 years, gave birth to illegitimate child John Patrick at grandmother Amelia Louise’s home in Newtown Geelong in 1896. Amelia thought she had to register as a nurse, but this wasn’t necessary. Child died 2 weeks later, but no inquest necessary. 7 pages, List 25.
WADESON, Ilena. Transferred from one nurse to another. February 1900 Monthly Return. List 3.
WAKEHAM, Rosa, widow, St. Albans, seeks permission to take a child from Orphan Asylum; had Ethel (no surname given) who was returned for possible adoption, now has Clarence and Keith (no surnames given). 13 pages, List 38.
WAGNER, A., Benalla, advised in 1907 that child John Albert Wagner was being taken from nurse Mrs. Martha BROWN and given to grandmother. 2 pages, List 52.
WALKENDEN, Louisa, Queen St., Melbourne, wants to adopt child Lorna Doris MARTIN, mother of child is a widow. Subsequently changes mind. 5 pages, List 22.
WALKER, Alice, mother Mrs. A., Warragul; with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
WALKER, Annie, Coburg, nurse, has two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
WALKER, Elizabeth, married, wrote from Stawell North in 1900, seeking to register as a nurse, has unnamed child. 5 pages, List 36.
WALKER, Elizabeth, Collingwood, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WALKER, Emma of Collingwood. Adopted Florence, child of Adelaide BURSTON of Clifton Hill, in 1905. 6 pages, List 6.
WALKER, Gwendoline, child of Charles and May of Adelaide, bought to Melbourne and given to nurse Lydia HIGGINBOTHAM (wife of Frederick H. of Port Melbourne) to care for. In 1905 she applies to adopt her and the parents agree; they wished to have birth of child kept secret. 6 pages, List 38.
WALKER, John. St. Arnaud, registered as a nurse, 1893; Had Harriet Dilke GORRIE, whose mother had died shortly after birth.
WALKER, Louisa A., South Yarra, has one child. Monthly Return August 1899. List 30.
WALKER, Louisa A. South Yarra, nurse. Has child. May 1900 Monthly Return. List 2. Has child, March 1901 Monthly Return. List 8.
WALKER, Thomasina, nurse, had one child, 1899. July Monthly Return for Richmond. List 29.
WALKERDEN, Mrs. Louisa, Carlton, adopted Dorothy May, daughter of Agnes SHAW, in 1907. 4 pages, List 56.
WALL, Thomas, mother Norah, single, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
WALLACE, Ann, of Osborne St., Williamstown, wrote in 1904. She was looking after her husband’s cousin’s child, whose mother had died leaving four young children, the youngest 3 months. Asks if required to register. 8 pages, List 6.
WALLACE, Mrs. Elizabeth, Clifton Hill, wishes to adopt Reta EDWARDS in 1903, her son is the father. 4 pages, List 5.
WALLACE, Florence May, infant, died at home of nurse Rosalie SMITH, Fitzroy, in 1900. 3 pages, List 37.
WALLACE, James Lewes, mother Lillian, Colac; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WALLACE, Margaret, charged with failure to notify adoption of child Douglas HUGHES, who subsequently died. 1899.
WALLS, Lilian May, daughter of Charlotte, adopted by Annie JEFFERY of South Yarra in 1901; is 3 years old. 5 pages, List 39.
WALMSLEY, Hilda, child of Charlotte, adopted by Mary A. BEATTIE of Carlton in 1901. 7 pages, List 39.
WALSH, H.A. , Fitzroy, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WALSH, Joseph and Matilda, Collingwood, to adopt William CLOSE in 1902. 5 pages, List 43.
WALSH, Matilda. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.
WALTERS, Ellen Margaret, mother Margaret Daisy,Brunswick; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WALTERS, Elsie, mother Eve, Laverton, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
WAPLES, Victor Alfred. Adopted by Mrs. Minnie BUTLER of Abbotsford in 1904. Born Adelaide 1901, so police powerless to prevent, even tho Minnie is known to them. List 13.
WARD, Mrs. Mary, Ballarat, formerly Cheltenham, advises she has Frank Tasman WOOD, c3 years, and asks registration to be cancelled. Parents of child are Mr. & Mrs. G. Fowler. 6 pages, List 50.
WARE, Frances E. Charged with failure to register illegitimate birth, 1904. List 16.
WARR, Charles Leslie. Son of Ethel of Carlton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return. With a nurse in Melbourne. June 1899 Monthly Return.
WARREN, Ada, Ararat, gave birth to Rupert Lonsdale WARREN in 1905, at home of her brother in law Thomas LONSDALE, Northcote. Child not registered in time. 7 pages, List 46.
WARREN, Catherine, Benalla, applies for registration, nursing midwifery and other cases for 6 years. Reference from local Dr. BARRINGTON and Rev. W. PARKES on file. Police report she is a respectable woman, but husband has recently been discharged from prison. List 16.
WARREN, Minnie, St Arnaud, charged in 1905 with failure to register illegitimate birth within required time; her daughter May is the mother, 6 pages, List 7.
WARSLEY, Alfred Joseph, mother Annie, with a nurse at South Yarra in January 1906. Monthly Return. List 23.
WASHINGTON, William H., mother Edith Annie, Fitzroy; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WATERS, Agnes, nurse, North Melbourne, has one child, January 1902 Monthly Return. List 54.
WATERS, Amelia, nurse, Yarraville, had one child. November 1903 Monthly Return, List 55.
WATERS, Elsie, mother Eva, with a nurse in 1904. Monthly return, List 25.
WATERS, Marion, daughter of Charlotte of Mansfield, with a nurse in Footscray in July 1899. Monthly Return. List 29. And in August 1900 Monthly Return, List 35.
WATSON, Dorothy, mother Margaret, East Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WATSON, Henry, mother Mrs. Edith, Yerran, Sth Gippsland; with a nurse at South Yarra in January 1906. Monthly Return. List 23.
WATSON, Marion of Kew. Applied for registration as a nurse, enclosing references from R. PRINGLE of Glenferrie and T.E. TURNER of Auburn. Registration refused, 7 pages, List 2.
WATSON, Mary V. Adopted by S.J. WICKMAN of Auburn in 1904, mother Edith was deserted by her husband. List 15.
WATSON, Nellie, Burnley, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WATSON, Sybil. Daughter of Beatrice. With a nurse in Melbourne. May 1899 Monthly Return.
WATSON, Vera, mother Florence, West Melbourne, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
WATTS,Elizabeth, Prahran, nurse, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WATTS,Elizabeth, Windsor, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WATTS, Mrs. Jessie, Ballarat East, advised in 1907 that she had adopted Lily HUTCHINSON of Portland. 2 pages, List 57.
WATTERS, Kathleen, mother Daisy, Brunswick, in the care of a nurse. 2 entries, February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34
WAYNE, Mary Cecilia Veronica, illegimate child of Caroline, born Beechworth 1895, adopted by registered nurse Elizabeth TAAFE. 3 pages, List 23.
WEARING, Albert Joseph, son of Joseph, Clifton Hill, adopted by Mrs. Louisa BENSCH in 1902. His mother has died. 3 pages, List 44.
WEAVER, Henry. Charged at Richmond with failure to register the illegitimate birth of William James Weaver CROYSDALE within required time. Mother Emma is a widow aged 40 years. 13 pages.
WEBB, Jessie, mother Minna, with a nurse in North Melbourne. January 1902 Monthly Return. List 54.
WEBB, William, mother Emily of North Melbourne. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Return, List 2.
WEBBER, William Henry, mother Alice Maud, Launceston Tas., in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WEBER, Elizabeth, midwife, Carlton. Delivered George McKEEBERY, illegitimate child of Elizabeth in 1900, but failed to register it within required time, so fined. 9 pages, List 32.
WEBSTER, Mrs. Minnie, wife of watchmaker, Richmond, adopts Clarence SMITH, son of Alice; Alice is her cousin, and the family lives at Kiata near Nhill. 4 pages, List 29.
WEBSTER, Mrs. Minnie, Richmond, reported death of adopted illegitimate child Claude Webster in 1900. (Smith surname for child crossed out). 2 pages, List 37.
WEDGWOOD, Elizabeth A., Carlton, nurse, had one child in her care. March 1904 Return, List 41.
WEDGWOOD, Margaret, Fitzroy, had a child; December 1902 Monthly Return. List 7.
WEDGWOOD, Margaret, nurse, Fitzroy, had one child in her care; March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
WEDGWOOD, Margaret, Fitzroy, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WEEDON, J.C. Boarded out with nurse Emily DUNCAN at Hawthorn. One page form report by Miss A.N. Ducker of Boarding Out Committee.
WEE YUNG, Mrs. Living in Bairnsdale in 1894, she was looking after Albert, son of Mary SMITH of Carlton, and was not registered as a nurse. Claimed SI KOW of Carlton had arranged details. Description of living standards of both Smith and Wee Yung given. 10 pages, List 3.
WEIR, Alexander. Received from Miss Selina SUTHERLAND. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return.
WEIR, Francis, infant child of Albert of Yarraville, died suddenly. Report on. 2 pages, List 37.
WELCH, Lydia, nurse, Hawthorn, has one child in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
WELLS, Mrs. E., West Melbourne, applies for registration, but changes her mind, 1903. 2 pages, List 5.
WELLS, Ivy, mother Ada, with a nurse. Monthly Return August 1906, List 53.
WELLS, Ivy, mother Ada, East Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WELSH, John, in the care of a nurse, received from Mrs. NICHTRE (?) Watchem; February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34
WENSLEY, Margaret, Ararat, for renewal of registration, 1904. 2 pages, List 6.
WERNERT, Mrs. Rose, South Yarra, applies to adopt child of Jessie GIBSON in 1901. 8 pages, List 39.
WERNET, Rose, nurse, South Yarra, had four children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WESELOH, Peter, Diamond Hill near Bendigo, advised in 1903 that he has taken in his grandson Laurence Rupert HERBEL, born 1901. 1 page, List 48.
WEST, John, Brunswick, bootmaker, adopted Clarice May LEWIS, daughter of William LEWIS of Tatura in 1903. Her mother has died. 4 pages, List 49.
WEST, Mervyn Henry, born December 1897, mother Rhoda, with a nurse in November 1898. Monthly Return. List 28.
WEST, Sarah. Carlton; registered as a nurse, 1893. Had child Herbert BALLANTYNE who died.
WESTCOTT, Arthur James, adopted by Mrs. Margaret BROWN of Clifton Hill in 1904. She was previously a nurse, but registration cancelled after death of child Katie STEWART. 16 pages, List 51.
WESTERBANK, John Alexander [Westbech on police list], mother Mary. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Return
WESTGARTH, Silas. Wife died in 1900, after giving birth. He has employed a wet nurse for the child, but as a traveller for H.J. LANGDON & Co., is away from home a lot. Mrs. W.E.M. CAMERON of South Yarra offers to accommodate child and nurse, but not clear whether she needs to register under the Act. 12 pages, List 36.
WESTNEAT, Mavis, daughter of Ethel, Fitzroy, to be adopted by mother’s sister Mrs Mary BURTON, in Sydney in 1905. 5 pages, List 51.
WESTON, Charles, mother Mrs. Catherine, in the care of a nurse in Port Melbourne. Monthly Return, September 1900. List 36.
WESTON, Charles, mother Mrs. SHELL formerly Weston, South Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WESTON, Irene. Boarded out with nurse Mary D. CRAMPION, a widow, in Hawthorn in 1899. Miss A.N. Ducker of the Visitor and Boarding Out Committee thinks nurse unsuitable; police report on case.
WESTON, Irene, mother Miss Weston (at Buckland), with a registered nurse in Melbourne. Monthly Return October 1899. List 31.
WESTON, Sarah E., widow, Castlemaine, applied for registration in 1905, to take in William Robert GOLDSWORTHY, child of Agnes Robina. 3 pages, List 47.
WHEALAN, Mary, mother Margaret, Brunswick; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WHEELER, Lillie, wrote from South Melbourne in 1896, wishes to adopt James Frederick TOLEMAN. Report states living with – FLEMING, recently fined for being unregistered nurse. Mother Jessica Toleman changes mind. 9 pages, List 25.
WHEELER, Mary Ann. Left her illegitimate child Harry with nurse Mrs. BOND in Carlton in 1898, but had not paid maintenance, despite sending 3 letters that she would. Police track her background; taken from Industrial School by Mrs. A. GAMBLE of Coburg when a baby and kept until 16 when sent to various people as a servant, gave birth to illegitimate child c1892 and again c1895. Not found; nurse gets child committed to Industrial School. 33 pages, List 18.
WHELAN, Clementine, married. Applies to register. Is living at the Myrtle Hotel South Melbourne where her mother is licensee. Adopts child Mary Margaret KELLY, mother Margaret of Devenish. 7 pages, List 19.
WHITCOMBE, Doris, mother Eva, with a nurse. Monthly Return August 1906, List 53.
WHITE, Ernest, in the care of a nurse, received from Jane White, Kew. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WHITE, Mrs. Margaret of Yarraville. Did not require renewal of registration this year; no other detail given. January 1899 Monthly Return.
WHITE, Rebecca A. and Henry John, Bealiba, adopt John BAIRD, born St. Arnaud, mother M.of Donald in 1904. Rebecca accidentally killed and her mother Mrs. STEVENSON takes in the child. 6 pages, List 45.
WHITE, Robert Gladstone; mother Marin. With nurse. January 1899 Monthly Return.
WHITELAW, Clara, Prahran, nurse, had one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WHITELAW, Daisy Beatrice Brewer, mother Charlotte, Ararat, taken in by nurse Margaret WENSLEY in 1906. 2 pages, List 52.
WHITELEY, E., nurse, Ballarat, advised in 1907 that she has taken in Rita May MARTIN, mother Celia. 2 pages, List 56.
WHITFIELD, Ellen. North Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Bertie KERR, mother Josephine.
WHITTEN, R., Richmond, advised was moving house in 1905, had child Athol WILD, which she wet nursed with her own. 3 pages, List 46.
WHITTING, Thomas H. Newport; charged in 1900 with failure to register birth of illegitimate child of Caroline/Harriet MILLER within required time. 5 pages, List 2.
WHYTE, Annie, Prahran, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WICKS, Mrs. Kamarooka, nurse, advises in 1902 that child Florrie WRIGHT, 16 months, is very ill; has taken her to the doctor and sent for mother in NSW. 3 pages, List 44.
WIDDISON, Agnes, Ballarat East, advises she has taken in Irene May FERGUSON in 1906. 1 page, List 52.
WIDDISON, Agnes, Ballarat East, advises she has taken in Thomas WILLIAMSON and Gladys DALZIEL in 1906. 2 pages, List 53.
WIDDISON, Agnes, Ballarat East, advises she has taken in Jane Emma WORLAND in 1906. 2 pages, List 53.
WILBUR, John Keith. Son of Charlotte of West Melbourne. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return.
WILCIE, Florence, illegitimate daughter of Eveline, born at home of Mrs. HARLEY of Fitzroy in 1897 and not registered in time. Harley taken to court and fined. 10 pages, List 28.
WILKINS, Caroline A., nurse, had charge of a child. List 27. Monthly Return, February 1899. South Melbourne.
WILKINSON, Louisa, Clifton Hill, nurse, has five children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
WILKINSON, Maria M., North Melbourne, nurse, has no child at present. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
WILKINSON, Marion, Melbourne, nurse, had one child. May 1902 Monthly Return, List 44.
WILLEY, Martha Ellen, Geelong, 1902, advises she has Hilda Maud SELL, 3 pages, List 17.
WILLIAMS, Alma Lorena, child of Frances, with a nurse. January 1904 Monthly Return.
WILLIAMS, Bessie Florence Emily, mother Emily. Taken in by Araminta SHARP of California Gully in 1902, who applies for registration. 5 pages, List 20.
WILLIAMS, Clara, Moonee Ponds, wrote in 1901 requesting registration, enclosing references. Police report her husband is a lamplighter and night watchman and she is in-experienced. Refused. 6 pages, List 39.
WILLIAMS, Clara, wife of George Austin, Moonee Ponds, wished to adopt a child from nurse Mrs. FOYLE of Richmond in 1901; refused, “only doing it for the money”. 11 pages, List 39. (This is a different file, although the same woman.)
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth, husband Henry a stableman, Fitzroy, applies for registration in 1901, has Veronica/Vera MULVEY, daughter of Nellie, formerly with Mrs. Emily JOLLEY of Richmond. Mother intends to send child to convent when old enough. Detailed report on situation. 24 pages, List 39.
WILLIAMS, Ethel Wynn. File re non registration of her illegitimate child, 1905. List 5.
WILLIAMS, Eva. Not registered as a nurse, but took in child Catherine CONDON, in 1906. Parents were Harold HULL and Mary Condon of Nth Melbourne. Child transferred to Hannah HING. 16 pages, List 4.
WILLIAMS, Francis, mother Jane T., Brunswick, in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILLIAMS, Gladys, in the care of a nurse, received from Amelia Williams, Castlemaine. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILLIAMS, Margaret, mother Florence, with a nurse. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
WILLIAMS, Margaret, mother Anastasia Williams, Carlton; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILLIAMS, Mary Ann, wife of Henry, miner, St. Arnaud, adopted Herbert John PENFOLD, mother Louisa, in 1905. 3 pages, List 22.
WILLIAMS, Nellie, daughter of Ellen of Carlton, adopted by Mrs. Irene DALY of Melbourne in 1903. 4 pages, List 46.
WILLIAMS, Osborne A. Illegitimate child, died at home of great grandmother Mrs. GRAY in South Geelong in 1898. Mother is in Melbourne, her parents live in Terang. Failure to comply with Act. List 18.
WILLIAMS, Rose, gave birth to illegitimate child Ethel in 1898 and didn’t register her until 1900. Correspondence re charging her with offence.
WILLIAMS, S. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.
WILLIAMS, S., Ballarat, advised in 1906 that child Elsie May BLAKE, daughter of Alice, has been removed. 2 pages, List 54.
WILLIAMS, S., Ballarat, advised in 1906 that she has taken in Mary Willis CANNY, daughter of Susan. 2 pages, List 54.
WILLIAMS, Sarah Caroline, Ballarat, reported child Gladys Lyall LEVISTON was handed back to her mother Jane Leviston in 1905. 2 pages, List 47.
WILLIAMSON, Mrs Amy, wife of Chester, Colac, took in child Robert Regatta SCHULTZ, mother Ettie, Warrnambool, in 1906, but was not registered. 5 pages, List 58.
WILLIAMSON, Thomas. Child, mother not listed. With a nurse in Melbourne; May 1899 Monthly Return
WILLIS, Mrs. M.J., Bendigo, applies to adopt unnamed baby in 1900. Local police report she is a member of the Salvation Army, and someone else wrote the letter on her behalf. She wants to register as a nurse, but her husband is opposed. 9 pages, List 33.
WILLITON, Leslie. Son of Augusta of South Yarra. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 and June 1899 Monthly Returns. [Willaton in births index]
WILLS, Mrs. Emma, Carlton, applied for registration in 1903; refused was living apart from her husband. 5 pages, List 49.
WILLS, M., Golden Square, listed as a nurse in October 1903; no further details given.
WILLSEA, Frances, Elsternwick, writes re daughter’s illegitimate child, supposed fathered by a constable, 1897. Wants the child put into an institution. 7 pages, List 28.
WILSHUSEN, Myrtle, mother Alice, Windsor; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILSON, Adelaide, Kensington, has two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILSON, Arthur. With a nurse, although over two years old. January 1904 Monthly Return.
WILSON, Arthur, mother Ellen, North Melbourne. With a nurse at Coburg. Monthly Return February 1902. List 43.
WILSON, Catherine, Essendon, nurse, has two children in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILSON, Mrs. E., Carlton, 1907, had care of William Henry WEBBER, son of Alice Maud, when he took ill. She asks police to trace mother, believed in Launceston Tasmania, as she hasn’t been able to do so. They find she has married William Henry ETCHELLS. 9 pages, List 33.
WILSON, Edith. Daughter of Edith, grand-daughter of Jane of St. Kilda. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return.
WILSON, Ellen. Daughter of Florence, of Footscray. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 and June 1899 Monthly Returns.
WILSON, Ellen, mother Florence at Footscray, with a nurse in Carlton. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
WILSON, Ellen (Mrs. J.) Castlemaine, obtained child Albert James BELL from the Salvation Army Home in Bendigo in 1903, using name Mary McCLOUD. She intended to pass the child off as her own to aid her divorce case. Police highly suspicious of her actions and detailed report given. File includes letters from the Matron of the Home and the mother of the child. 27 pages.
WILSON, Emma. Amess Street Carlton. Nurse, has a child. April 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Returns, Lists 1 and 2. Has one child, June 1899 Monthly Return.
WILSON, Emma, Carlton, nurse, had one child in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
WILSON, Emma, Carlton, had one child in her care. October 1906. Monthly Return. List 26.
WILSON, Emma, Carlton, has one child. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
WILSON, E.M., mother K., East Melbourne; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILSON, Harriet, has taken charge of daughter’s illegitimate child Vernarine Wilson, 1906, 2 pages, List 10.
WILSON, Jack, illegitimate child of Emma, died from TB. at nurse Mrs. Susannah CLARK’s Collingwood, 1899
WILSON, James, mother Mary, Bolinda; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WILSON, John W., illegitimate, died at home of nurse Mrs Isabella MOORE, Footscray in 1901. The mother Evelyn E., Wilson, a servant, had returned to New Zealand after the birth in 1899. 2 pages, List 37.
WILSON, Laura. Collingwood, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Florence PARKINSON, mother Emily.
WILSON, Leslie G., mother Nellie, Carlton; with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
WILSON, Mrs. Adopted child Kathleen, a ward of Presbyterian Church Neglected Children’s Aid Society in 1901; mother dead, father a drunkard. Nurse Annie JONES of Auburn had it while Mrs. Wilson was ill. List 14.
WILSON, Margaret, wrote from Brunswick in 1907, asking permission to care for Walter DEAN for a month while his mother May visited her mother in Tasmania; she was not a registered nurse. 4 pages, List 33.
WILSON, Mary, registered nurse, South Yarra, had 1 male infant in January 1906. Monthly Return. List 23.
WILSON, Matilda, Armadale, nurse, had one child. June 1904 Monthly Return, List 54.
WILSON, Muriel, child of Muriel, with a nurse in Footscray in July 1899. in July 1899. Monthly Return. List 29.
WILSON, Roy, child of Ellen M., Wimmera, with a nurse in Fitzroy in January 1906. Monthly Return, List 23.
WILSON, William, mother Annie, Carlton, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
WILSON, William John, son of Mary, of Fitzroy, with a nurse in Footscray in July 1899. Monthly Return. List 29.
WILSON, William John, with a registered nurse in South Melbourne, mother Mary Wilson, North Fitzroy. Monthly Return, February 1899. List 27.
WIMBLE, Martha. Coburg, nurse. May 1899 Monthly Return.
WIMBLE, Martha, Coburg, nurse. Has two children in her care. Monthly Return February 1902. List 43.
WINDER, Mrs. J.J., Footscray, wrote in 1898; she is minding her dead sister’s infant Frances Amy BOOKING until the father can make some other arrangement, seeks exemption from the Act. 5 pages, List 20.
WINDLEY, Frederick Henry, South Melbourne. Daughter Florence Grace gave birth to illegitimate child there in 1905. 7 pages, List 21.
WINGATE, Mary Ann, Richmond, nurse, has no child at present. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
WINTER, Maria, , registered nurse, South Yarra, had 1 male infant in January 1906. Monthly Return. List 23.
WISBY, Mrs. Addie, Fitzroy, wrote in 1906; she wished to look after the child of John R. HOPPE for a few weeks as the mother is in hospital; request subsequently cancelled as her husband did not approve. 5 pages, List 54.
WISEMAN, Alexander, mother Sarah of Kyneton. With a nurse. June 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Returns, List 2.
WITHERS, Nurse. Hands Ida F. POWELL to her mother in 1903. List 15.
WITTPAN, Amelia. Carlton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.
WITTSPANE, Amelia. Rathdown Street Carlton. Nurse. Has no child at present. April 1899 Monthly Return – no further detail.
WOOD, Eliza Annie. Widow, of Ascot Vale, formerly of Bendigo. Applies for registration as a nurse in 1906; refused. 4 pages. List 3.
WOOD, Mrs Kate, Coburg, applied for registration in 1907; references on file. Refused. 6 pages, List 56.
WOOD, Minnie, gave birth to illegitimate child Albert Edward in 1899 at her mother Elizabeth’s house in St. Kilda; failure to register within time. 6 pages, List 36.
WOOD, Violet, mother Annie at Albert Park, with a nurse in Carlton. November 1899 Monthly Return. List 31.
WOOD, Violet. Daughter of Annie of Albert Park. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899, June 1899 and May/August 1900 Monthly Returns, Lists 1, 2 and 35.
WOODFORD, Martha, Melbourne, unregistered nurse, took in infant Esther, daughter of Nelly KELLY in 1903 and prosecuted. 5 pages, List 48.
WOODHEAD, J. of Clifton Hill. Adopted Pauline Harris FLYNN in 1904. 5 pages, List 6.
WOODMAN, Sarah. Charged with failure to register birth of illegitimate child John O’ROURKE, (mother Amelia from Hobart), 6 pages, List 6.
WOODS, Mary, North Melbourne, has child Leslie McLEOD, mother Jane, aged 1 year and 10 months. Registration refused. 6 pages, List 43.
WOODS, Jean May, born 1904, mother Emma May, adopted by Donald and Harriet CAMERON of Broadford in 1907. 4 pages, List 56.
WOODS, Mrs. N. A maid at Holm Park Beaconsfield in 1905, she queries whether a woman minding her baby during the day has to be registered as a nurse as it is only for a short time and she is then going interstate. 4 pages, List 7.
WOODWARD, Beyrel [Beryl?] Melvill. Daughter of Mercy of Carlton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return.
WOODWARD, Byrel Melville. Adopted by Mrs. Emily WILSON of Golden Square Bendigo in 1899; her own child had died. 13 pages, List 17.
WOOLCOCK, Eva. Eliza Charlotte DALTON of Brunswick charged in 1906 with adopting Eva, daughter of Emily, when not registered as a nurse. 23 pages, List 10.
WOOLLEY, Thomas Charles. Charged with failure to register birth of illegitimate child Mary JOHNS in 1904, her mother Grace is living with him in Fitzroy, List 17.
WOOTTEN, Elizabeth Scott, Carlton, married, applied for registration in 1906; refused. List 53.
WORDSWORTH, Kate, Carlton, nurse, had three children in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 41.
WORDSWORTH, Kate, nurse, Carlton, had charge of Ellen BAKER and Joseph KING in 1904, given to her by Mrs. GOLDSPINK of Carlton, who was listed with government as looking after R/C children and ran the St. Joseph Receiving Home for Neglected Children and the Foundling Hospital. Ellen Baker died and King was not expected to live. 15 pages, List 27.
WORLEY, L.T., mother S., Lilydale; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WORNE, Ellen, nurse, Hawthorn, has two children in her care. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
WRAY, John & Madge, mother Elizabeth, Toorak; in the care of a nurse. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WRIGHT, Ada, Northcote, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
WRIGHT, Mrs., Albert Park, informs police in 1897 that Lily BOYD has been removed from her care by her mother Milly, of Richmond. Police interview Milly’s sister Mrs. McEVOY, in an attempt to find her, and are informed she has gone to join her father Alfred in New Zealand with the child. 3 pages, List 26.
WRIGHT, Sarah. Rathdown Street Carlton. Nurse. April 1899 Monthly Return. Pigdon Street, had one child in June 1899 Monthly Return. Pitt St. Has no child. May 1900 Monthly Return, List 2.
WRIGHT, Vera, mother Alice. With a nurse. June 1907 Monthly Return, List 56.
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YELVERTON, William Francis. Son of Margaret of Carlton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Return, June 1899 Monthly Return and May 1900 Monthly Return, Lists 1 and 2.
YORK, Mrs. Jane, Brunswick, registered in 1896, took in the following children:
Elsie Beatrice PAINE in 1897, left 1898
John SCOTT and Clarence SATCHELL in 1898
Elsie THOMPSON in 1898, left 1899
Roberta Lemmon INGLIS and Myrtle HUMPHREY in 1899
Emily CHANDLER and Elsie May McLeod in 1900
Her husband William was convicted of larceny in 1903, and she was removed as a registered nurse. She sought registration in 1904, but it was refused. List 24.
YORKE, Ada, Port Melbourne, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
YOUNG, Charles Francis, mother Margaret, Daylesford, with a nurse. March 1904 Monthly Return, List 40.
YOUNG, Douglas Coventry, son of Jessie May, born at home of grandmother Mary Young, Windsor in 1903 and not registered in time. 9 pages, List 50.
YOUNG, Matilda, nurse, had one child, 1899. July Monthly Return for Richmond. List 29.
YOUNG, Violet, given to registered nurse by Josephine SMITH, Tarnagulla. February 1907 Monthly Return. List 34.
YOUNG, Violet. Adopted by Mrs. A.M. WALKER of Brunswick in 1908. Mother Josephine SMITH lives in Tarnagulla. Mention of Benjamin HUGHES, wealthy middle-aged man. List 11.
YOUNGER, Ethel. Kew, applies for registration as a nurse, 1904. 2p, , List 6.
YOUNGSON, Mrs. Alice, applied for registration as a nurse, is looking after Harold, 4 years, and John, 1 year, sons of Mrs. NICOL, who had a wine shop in Fitzroy in 1896. 11 pages, List 25.
YOUREN, Sarah J., Fitzroy, nurse, has one child in her care. February 1907 Monthly Return, List 34.
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