The infant was born on 30 November 1851 when her parents were residing in George Street, Sydney. She was baptised in St Mary's Cathedral n Sydney on 7 December 1851.[1] This was before commencement of state registrations. Births data was later extracted from old church baptism records.
Catherine died at approximately 16 months of age and was buried on 18 April 1853.[2]
Sources
↑ Appears to be recorded three times by New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages: registration numbers 1365/1851 V18511365 68 and 1889/1851 V18511889 141 and 1355/1851 V18511355 68, with name spelled "Dunn" on each occasion. Thanks to Caroline Dunne, descendant of Catherine's brother Peter, for providing information.
↑ New South Wales death registration number 411/1853 V1853411 119. This was before commencement of state registrations and deaths data was later extracted from old church burial records.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine: