NameGeorge BEST
Birth Date29 Nov 180119231
Birth PlaceParramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoBirth date from baptism record.
Chr Date3 Jan 180219232 Age: <1
Chr PlaceParramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoAt St. Johns Church
Death PlaceParramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoDate and location from gravestone.
Burial Dateaft 26 Jun 182319235
Burial PlaceParramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoAt St John’s Cemetery . Headstone records “Sacred to the memory of George Best who unfortunately drowned in crossing the Whollondary River, 26 June 1823, aged 22 years. Registration of death was in 1824 half a year or more after event. Buiral likely to be in 1824 when death recorded.
Note;- There is a Wollondary near Wagga or perhaps river was the Wollondilly River south west of Sydney Southern Highlands Bowral-Picton area. PHW Jul 2017.