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*/ Text[0]=["","Information relating to this entry will appear in this location shortly."] Text[1]=["","Click on the surname for more information."] Text[2]=["Norman Ray HUNT - Kalbarri Cemetery","He was cremated 16 September 2002 in Geraldton. There is a seat named for him to commemorate his services to the Coast Watch and the Bowling Club - he was a fixture there - and the Golf Club as a Committee member as well Captain. He died 10 September 2002 aged 71 years, at Kalbarri Hospital after a long battle with cancer.
He was a master mariner and well known fishereman in the district for over 20 years and played his part in saving and advising folk. He designed and built the original Kalbarri Queen a jet driven boat for local passenger trips to the Murchison River.
Information provided by Merv J Hunt, brother of Norman Ray Hunt. - herbiel@eftel.net.au"] Text[3]=["BATES - Pinjarra Cemetery","Information provided by Tom Miller, G-g-grandson of Thomas W and Christian G Bates. - aloysius@globaldial.com
Buried in Pinjarra Cemetery:-
Barbara BATES born 1858, died 31 Dec 1872--
Barbara drowned at the age of 14 while swimming in the Murray River when her long hair became entangled with some underwater obstacle. She was the twin sister of Agnes Harriett BATES.
A James BATEBATESS was born to Thomas W and Christian in 1860, so at the age of 71,he died about 1931 - Pioneer Index birth reg. No.1858.
A William Edward BATES, born about 1840, died on the voyage out from Britain circa 1842, at the age of 17 months - according to family sources
William BATES, son of Thomas W BATES and Christian GALLAGHER, is recorded being born in 1861 - reg. No. 5882.
The BATES, William, son of above (Thomas and Christian), died 24th April, 1926, aged 62 years, is probably the same person. The family story is that about 1921 Billy BATES, was killed by a falling Xmas tree whilst clearing a block of land, said to be near the present Pinjarra High School. A Dr. Maitland attended.
"] Text[4]=["MC LOUGHLIN - Southern Cross Cemetery.
","John MC LOUGHLIN, along with his wife Johanna (nee ONEIL, were the proprietors of the Exchange Hotel, Southern Cross (wich is no longer in use).
John and his young children, James Peter and Lillian Mary, were victims of Typhoid Fever and died witin days of each other 7 April 1911.
They were buried in the Southern Cross Cemetery. The family gravestone still stands.
Information provided by Rachel den Haan."] Text[5]=["BEACHAM William - Pinjarra Cemetery
"," He was born in 1794 in Tortington, Sussex, England.
On the 27 July 1818 William married Mary Ann SCOTT (b 22/12/1796 Tortington) and continued to live within the County of Sussex.
After a period of time William and Mary Ann settled in Barnham, Sussex starting a family. It was at this time that they became part of the parish poor, enabling them to receive help with the cost of immigrating to Australia.
William, his wife Mary Ann and their children James( 6), Jane (11), Rueben (9), Levi (3) and Elizabeth (1) arrived at Clarence (quarantine camp), WA on the 6th of October 1829.
Only months after arriving both Mary Ann and Elizabeth died.
In 1832 Rueben and a local man John Chipper were driving a cart from Guildford to York when they were set upon by aboriginals. Rueben was speared and died at the site.
The remaining family lived in Perth and Guildford until 1941 when they acquired Jim Jam Farm on the banks of the Ravenswood River.
Jane married George Green and had 11 children, the family continued to live in Perth and was somewhat influential in the Early years of the Swan River Colony. Both are buried in the East Perth Pioneers Cemetery.
James married Elizabeth Thorpe and had 8 children, he eventually came to run Jim Jam after William died.
Levi married Matilda AMBROSE, but unfortunately died within a year of their marriage, possibly with his wife on a boat named theGold Digger."] Text[6]=["COLLINS - Mount Magnet Cemetery.
","He was Naaman COLLINS, 64, a prospector, who died of silicosis and cardiac failure at Mount Magnet Hospital on July 2, 1931 and was buried the next day by the local undertaker, S. J. Kennedy.
Nottinghamshire-born Naaman [1867-1931] was one of those exquisite odd-bods who, evidently, after his South Australian-born wife, Emma BEARD, died in childbirth at Brisbane Hospital on August 3, 1895 (they married at Albion, Brisbane, on November 8, 1893), seems to have drifted right out of Queensland and disappeared out of local records and family memory.
That he appears to have lived out his days down pit in the wilds of WA desert country - 567 kilometres north of Perth at the junction of the Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road and the Great Northern Highway - with no one knowing anything of his parentage (or anything else, judging by his death certificate) is a tad sad somehow.
Information provided by Peter Collins - admin@garrisonau.com"] Text[7]=["",""] Text[8]=["BONSER May - Southern Cross Cemetery","born and died October 1893.
Information provided by Helen Cleak Rmail - hc171705@bigpond.net.au"] Text[9]=["James Thomas ROWBOTTOM - Wandering Cemetery. ","Possibly died 7 December 1926 aged 65 years.
His death certificate shows he was buried at Wandering.
He was born at Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
James death certificate refers to a male child deceased and there was a Frank H ROWBOTTOM born in 1908 so this could be the Frank ROWBOTTOM as listed above.
James surviving child was born in 1904.
Information provided by a relative."] Text[10]=["WHELAN","Additional information:
James Peter Whelan died in Merredin in 1959 age unknown.
Florence (nee Heale) died in Northam in 1950 aged 83.
"] Text[11]=["MURPHY, Ellen Mary. - Southern Cross Cemetery","Died in childbirth. Buried with her son Patrick John MURPHY who died 13 September 1899 aged 5 weeks. Both interred in Anglican grave #3. She is the wife of Patrick MURPHY.
Information provided by Sue Felton."] Text[12]=["PEEK - Esperance Cemetery"," - Information provided by Ian Armitt, Grandson of Mary Jane Peek. - plod@tadaust.org.au
Mary Jane PEEK, Mother of the above died in Salmon Gums and buried in Esperance Cemetery (died 22-5-1927) There is photo of this grave at the Esperance Museum but when I attended the shire in 2004 they had no record.
I have been to cemetery with my mother who knew the locations of these graves. All in the pioneer section. Mary Jane PEEK (nee DALE) was my grandmother.
Other listings:
PEEK, Florence Myrtle. Born 4 January 1907, died 19 June 1907. Esperance Death Register 78
PEEK, William Edwin. Born 14 September 1897, died 24 December 1897. Esperance Death register 30
PEEK, Stanley. Born 1 November 1902, stillborn. Esperance Death register 61
I chanced upon your site whilst looking for Peeks who once resided in Dumbleyung. They are listed in a small book printed by Thespian Press entitled Lonely graves of Western Australia and burials at sea"] Text[13]=["HANNETT - SINCLAIR - PLAYLE - ROSER - Esperance Cemetery. ","Information provided by Sandra
Julia SINCLAIR was the daughter of John and Lucy (nee ROSER) PLAYLE of Northam. Caroline HANNETT was the daughter of William and Dianah ROSER of Toodyay (youngest sister of Lucy and aunt of Julia SINCLAIR"] Text[14]=["REITZE, Lucy Elizabeth (nee Orr) - Esperance Cemetery","Information provided by Joy Ott, Lucy Elizabeth Orrs oldest Granddaughter
I am Lucy Elizabeth Orrs oldest grand-daughter - Joy Ott (nee Reitze).
I have very fond memories of her restoring this headstone where she has now been laid to rest. I think I have a photo of the old gravesite before grandma restored it.
Her husband Neil is sadly not buried there also, despite being married for over 60 years and that being their wish. I think his remains are in Cairns.
The two Orrs are obviously her mother and father - founders in Esperance and the son Alexander I have a locket of his hair in my grandmas Bible which was her mothers before her- very blonde and plaited very carefully - died in a shooting accident when he was quite young.
Apparently he was his fathers constant shadow and the incident broke his fathers heart.
"] Text[15]=["Edmund CAHILL = Southern Cross Cemetery","came to Australia as a Convict from Tipperary and was influential in York, WA.
Information provided by Dan Duffy - danielcduffy@gmail.com."] Text[16]=["",""] Text[17]=["",""] Text[18]=["",""] Text[19]=["Pinjarra Cemetery - Elsie May JENNINGS","She was the second child of Sarah Beacham (Daughter of James & Elizabeth) and Henry JENNINGS. Henrys grand father emigrated from Wiltshire, Eng in 1841.
Sarah and Henry had three more surviving children, Ada, Myrtle & Allan. Sarah and Henry are both buried in the Old Harvey Cemetary. "] Text[20]=["SEARLE - Southern Cross Cemetery","SEARLE - Information provided by Terrie, from Rockingham WA - telo@iprimus.com.au
Anne SEARLE is listed in the Southern Cross Cemetery (Pioneer) Transcriptions.
Anne SEARLE was my GG Grandmother.
She was nursing the sick during the plague of Black Flu she succumbed to the disease herself and died.
She was born in the Jeramongup area, the daughter of Robert GAMBLE and Eliza.
Her husband whom she married when she was just 14 years old was a convict, William SEARLE.
At the time of her death in Southern Cross, Williiam was contract carting Sandalwood between Southern Cross and Coolgardie with their eldest daughters husband, Dick BURRIDGE, and their son, George BURRIDGE.
William SEARLE and Margaret (Maggie) SEARLE (nee MAHER) buried at Narrogin were William and Anne SEARLEs Son and Daughter in law. Maggie was the daughter of John and Catherine MAHER (nee MC GOUGH). John MAHER is buried in Albany and Catherine MAHER (nee MC GOUGH) is buried at Wagin.
"] Text[21]=["Jan van DETH","Born 6 September 1908 in the Netherlands. Arrival in Australia, 18 January 1950 on the S S Volendam. Died 18 April 1984. Husband of Mab, father of Sander and Lonja. The inscription on the entry gate has the wrong date of death, and the letters on the headstone have weathered badly.
Information provided by daughter Lonja - lkhales@iinet.net.au"] Text[22]=["",""] Text[23]=["SULLIVAN","Information provided by Dawn Boden."] Text[24]=["BRADY","Information provided by P.A. Morcom a researcher of Brady family History."] Text[25]=["",""] Text[26]=["DEVEREAUX - Mt Magnet Cemetery","Information provided by Reg Stevens - email regstevens@westnet.com.au"] Text[27]=["Message 17","Information provided by Wyn Patterson."] Text[28]=["NEVE - Albany",""] Text[29]=["","Information provided by Les Lock - Email les.lock61@hotmail.com"] Text[30]=["Information provided by Lynette Lockyer - chathamfarm@westnet.com.au","Photographs not yet available"] Style[0]=["white","black","#C49FB9","#ffffff","","","","","","","","","",2,300,"",2,2,10,10,51,1,0,"",""] Style[1]=["white","black","#C49FB9","#ffffff","","","","","","","","","","",300,"",2,2,10,10,51,1,0,"",""] Style[2]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","left","","","",600,"",2,2,10,10,"","","","",""] Style[3]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","float","","","",600,"",2,2,10,10,"","","","",""] Style[4]=["white","black","#E2D0DC","#ffffff","","","","","","","fixed","","","",600,"",2,2,1,1,"","","","",""] Style[5]=["white","black","#E2D0DC","#ffffff","","","","","","Verdana","","sticky","2","",600,"",2,2,10,10,"","","","",""] Style[6]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","","keep","","",600,"",2,2,10,10,"","","","",""] Style[7]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","","","","",600,"",2,2,40,10,"","","","",""] Style[8]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","","","","",600,"",2,2,10,50,"","","","",""] Style[9]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","","","","",600,"",2,2,10,10,51,0.5,75,"simple","gray"] Style[10]=["white","black","black","white","","","right","","Impact","cursive","center","",3,5,600,150,5,20,10,0,50,1,80,"complex","gray"] Style[11]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","","","","",600,"",2,2,10,10,51,0.5,45,"simple","gray"] Style[12]=["white","black","#000099","#E8E8FF","","","","","","","","","","",600,"",2,2,10,10,"","","","",""] applyCssFilter()