My great grandfather Thomas Henry Grant’s death certificate stated that his father was Frederick, and his mother was Charlotte Gorman. The cannon and Cripps funeral records stated that his birth year was 1863. - I couldn’t find any marriage, birth or immigration records to match these names and details.

I decided to check the details of the Frederick Grant who I had noticed had been listed on the Electoral Rolls as living in Watson St  Cunnamulla at the same time as Thomas and Margaret Jane. I found that this Frederick Grant’s father was also named as Fred Grant, and that his mother was named Ellen Gorman. Ada Maud Grant (nee Fogarty) was his wife.

When I then searched for a marriage of a Frederick Grant and an Ellen Gorman I quickly found a NSW record.

[I also had a professional search records for ‘Charlotte Gorman’ and the report I received stated that “the only Charlotte Gorman (first or second name) was born 1873 in Armidale.” This confirmed my suspicion that there was an error on the death certificate for Thomas Henry Grant. I believe that Thomas was Frederick’s brother, and that his mother was Ellen Gorman not Charlotte Gorman.]