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Burbanks > Burbanks burials in Coolgardie Cemetery


As Burbanks has no cemetery, most burials took place in the cemetery at Coolgardie.The following are Burbanks people buried in the Coolgardie Cemetery.

ALNWICK Charles - d 25 Nov 1901, 29yrs, Occ:- Miner, Cause: being struck by a timber in the Lady Robinson GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father:- Thomas ALNWICK (Auctioneer) Mother:- Annie MULLAND, born NSW, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 110/1901


Charles ALNWICK - Photo Outback Family History

AUSTEE Mary -   d 28 Apr 1905,  7 days, Cause:- Premature birth, Father:- John Charles Morgan AUSTEE (Miner) Mother:- Mary Ravely LONSDALE, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

BANKS John -   d 17 Jun 1902, 43yrs  Occ:- Engine Driver, Cause:-  Being caught in the machinery of the Burbank’s Birthday Gift GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father:- Robert Brown BANKS (Collier) Mother:- Annabella BALLANTINE, born Stevenston Scotland, In NSW 8yrs, in WA 9yrs, Married to Annie BOYD in Stevenston Scotland at age 22yrs, Children:- Robert 19yrs, Mary 18yrs, Nellie 13 yrs, Thomas 10yrs, Annie 7yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 50/1902

BRADY Johanna -  d 11 Nov 1902,   39yrs, Cause:- Embolism of heart, Father:- Daniel WAGNER (Farmer) Mother:- Catherine MACKINALLY, born SA, In SA 34yrs, in NSW 3 yrs, in WA 2yrs, Married to Philip BRADY in Broken Hill NSW at age 26yrs, Children:- Daniel 9yrs, Philip Thomas 4 yrs, James Joseph 2yrs, Fanny and Catherine Johanna 30hrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 88/1902

BOLTON George -   d 29 Nov 1902    42yrs  Occ:- Miner, Cause Phthisis, Father:- Joseph BOLTON (Miner) Mother:- Rachel FOSTER, born Dudley Northumberland England, In NSW 9yrs, in WA 7yrs, Married to Elizabeth PARKER in Lambton NSW at age 29yrs, Children:- Malster George William 2yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 92/1902

BENNETT Daniel -  d 19 Sep 1899, 37yrs,  Cause:- Burns. Occ:- Carpenter, Father:- John BENNETT (Warder) Mother:- Mary CUNNINGHAM,  and born Sydney NSW, In NSW and VIC 3 mths in WA 1 mth, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

BOAG Robert Henry -  d 30 Aug 1900, 3yrs, Cause:- Broncho Pneumonia, Father:- Robert Paterson BOAG (Miner) Mother:- Maud Arabella WIborn New Zealand, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 88/1900




BOAG Robert Henry - Photo Outback Family History

BOASE John -   d  7 Mar 1902,  20yrs  Occ:- Woodcutter, Cause:- Enteric Fever, Father:- William BOASE (Miner) Mother Lucy COLSON, born Daylesford VIC in VIC 20yrs in WA  8mths, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

BRYCE male unnamed -  d 1 Feb 1904   Stillborn  Father:- William Dougald BRYCE (Miner) Mother:- Maud Mary ARTHUR, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

CLARKE Alexander -  26 Dec 1908  4 days Cause:- Heat, Father:- Arthur CLARKE (Miner), Mother:- Anais RIVIERA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

CLARKE Sarah -  d 14 Dec 1899,  15mths,  Cause:- Burns, Father:- Robert Chusly CLARK (miner) Mother:- Mary Ann COFFEY, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

CLARKE William -  d 5 Jan 1908  11mths  Cause:- Diarrhoea, Father:- Arthur CLARKE (Miner) Mother:- Anais RIVIERE, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

COCKBURN male unnamed 24 Feb 1902  Stillborn Father:- James Wylie COCKBURN (Miner) Mother:- Sarah Ann MURRAY, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 18/1902

DELFS Henrich Victor William  - d 4 Jun 1919  33yrs  Died at the Birthday Gift GM Burbanks, Occ:- Labourer, Father:- Henrich DELFS (Merchant) Mother:- Alma HEMMERMAN, born Hamburg Germany, 12 yrs in WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.  (see www.wavmm.com)

DUNSTAN Elizabeth -  d 14 Aug 1903 , 10yrs  At Grand Junction, Burbanks, Cause:- Diptheria, Father:- Samuel DUNSTAN (Carpenter) Mother:- Jane ????, born Cohuna VIC, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

ELLIS James -  d 8 Feb 1898, 52yrs, Cause:- Miners Phthisis, Father:- William ELLIS (Miner) Mother:- Cordelia ROBERTS, Born St Just, Cornwall England, in WA 2yrs 6mths, Married to Mary WHITE in Bendigo VIC at age 25yrs, Children:- Cordelia Jane 24yrs, Huberta Mary 18yrs, William John 16yrs, buried in the Wesleyan Section Coolgardie Cemetery.


James ELLIS - Photo Outback Family History

FITZPATRICK Joseph -   d 14 Dec 1903,  1hour ,Cause:- Premature, Father:- Henry FITZPATRICK (Miner) Mother:- Emma Jane BUCK, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

FREEMAN Ethel -   d 19 Aug 1900   22mths  Cause:- Pneumonia, Father:- William FREEMAN (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth Ann OWEN, born Smiths Mill, WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 82/1900

FREEMAN Walter  -  4 Oct 1908  1 mth  Cause:- Convulsions, Father:- William FREEMAN (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth Ann OWEN, born Burbank’s WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.   

GEMMELL Jessie Lilian Edna  -  d 31 May 1904,   16mths,  Cause:- Broncho Pneumonia, Father:- Stewart GEMMELL (Labourer) Mother:- Katherine McKNIGHT, born Broken Hill NSW, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GRAINGER unnamed male-    d 27 Jun 1901,   Stillborn,  Died Coolgardie, Father:- Richard GRAINGER (Miner) Mother:- Jane Park CAMERON, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GRANTHAM female unnamed -   d 10 Jul 1906, Stillborn,  Father:- Charles Joel GRANTHAM (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth June FREEMAN, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GRANTHAM Myrtle  -  d 20 Oct 1905,  5weeks  Cause:- Broncho pneumonia, Father:- Charles Joel GRANTHAM (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth June FREEMAN, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GREEN Walter James  -  8 Apr 1907,  1 month,   Cause:- Jaundice, Father:- William Henry GREEN (Miner) Mother:- Clara Elizabeth CRUDACE, born Burbanks WA, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HART Frank  -  d 15 Feb 1900, 33 yrs, Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Typhoid Fever, Parents unknown, born Paramatta NSW, In NSW 29yrs, In WA 3yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HEPBURN Robert Denis -  d 13 Feb 1908, 30yrs, Cause:- Killed by a fall of earth in the Birthday Gift GM, Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- James HEPBURN (Book Keeper) Mother:- Fanny Caroline CHERRY, born Ballarat VIC in VIC 18yrs, in WA 6mths, Married to Caroline BOYD in Perth WA at age 21yrs, Children:- Hazel Daisy May 8yrs, Ivy Elsie Violet 6yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. (see www.wavmm.com)


Robert Denis HEPBURN- Photo Outback Family History

HICKEY Thomas -   d 7 Jan 1899,  21yrs  Occ:- Blacksmith, Cause:- Aortic regurgitation, Father:- Thomas HICKEY (Blacksmith), Mother:- Eliza MILES, born Clunes VIC, In VIC 20yrs, in WA 6mths, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HICKEY William Andrew -   d 24 Nov 1898,  29yrs,  Occ:- Blacksmith, Cause:- Typhoid, Father:- Thomas HICKEY (Blacksmith) Mother:- Eliza MILES, born Clunes VIC, in VIC 28yrs, in WA 1yr, Married to Mary Ann MORALEE in Clunes VIC at age 26yrs, Children:- Adelthia 4yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HILLIER female unnamed  d 29 Mar 1907, Stillborn, Father:- James William HILLIER (Miner) Mother:- Annie Mary HILL, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HILLIER Heriodias -   d 2 Jan 1914,  67yrs, Widow, Cause:- Intestinal cancer, Father:- William JORDAN (Carpenter) Mother:- Hannah BAKER, born Buckingham England, in NSW 50yrs, in WA 15 yrs, Married to William HILLIER in Muswellbrook, NSW at age 19yrs, Children:- James William 47, George Henry 43, Charles Richard 41, Albert 35, Ernest Alfred Reuben 34, Ada Emily 31, Herbert 29, Amos Walter 23 Deceased 2 males. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HILLIER William -  d 8 Oct 1905 , 71yrs   Occ:- Sawyer, Cause:- Carcinoma of stomach, Father:- William HILLIER (Sawyer) Mother:- Sarah DEED, born Islington London England, in NSW 36yrs, in WA 12yrs, Married to Heriodias JORDAN  in Koyunga NSW at age 30yrs, Children:- James William 39yrs, George Henry 35, Charles Richard 33,  Albert 27, Ernest Alfred Reuben 26, Emily Ada 24, Herbert 21, Walter Amos 14. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HOBBA Gladys Francis  -  d 21 May 1912,  9mths,  Cause:- Acute enteritis, Father:- Henry Pascoe HOBBA (Miner) Mother: Annie SMALL, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HOBBA Julia Ellen -   d 17 Apr 1913,  6days,   Cause:- Cerebral pressure, Father:- Henry Pascoe HOBBA (Miner) Mother: Annie SMALL, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HOLDING Ralph - d 1 Mar 1901 ,  52yrs,   Occ:- Engine Driver, Cause:- Caught in belting while oiling machinery at the Birthday Gift Mine Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- Thomas HOLDING (Contractor) Mother Elizabeth WINTER, born Liverpool England, In VIC 40yrs in WA 5yrs, Married to Mary GORDON in VIC at age 30yrs, Children:- Thomas Clive Winter 21yrs, Elizabeth Douglas 19yrs, Ralph Claud Gordon 14yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 22/1901

HERN Mary Olive  -  d 23 Mar 1901 9mths,  Cause:- Marasmus, Father:- Edward HERN (Miner) Mother:- Mary CURRY, Born WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 27/1901

JONES Florence Delia  -  d 24 Nov 1905,  1yr,  Cause:- Heat, Father:- Charles Henry JONES (Miner), Mother:- Mary CARMODY, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

JONES Mary Elizabeth Pretoria  -  d 29 mar 1903,  6mths, Cause:- Diarrhoea, Father:-  Richard Thomas Mann JONES (Hotelkeeper) Mother:- Mary Ethel CROWLEY, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

KENNEDY James Lawrence  -  d 11 Jun 1908,   36yrs,  Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Self inflicted gunshot wound, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- George KENNEDY (Blacksmith) Mother:- Mary O’BRIEN, born Kilmore VIC, in VIC 24yrs, in WA 12yrs, Married to Catherine KIERCE? In Ballarat VIC at age 24yrs, Children:- James 10yrs, Francis 8yrs, Winnifred 1yr, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.         

LOCK Frank -  27 May 1907,  49yrs,  Cause:- Fell down mine shaft at the Birthday Gift GM. Father:- Aron LOCK (Carpenter) Mother:- Emma, born Adelaide SA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. (see www.wavmm.com)

LYONS male unnamed - d 18 Aug 1901 , Stillborn, Father:- Alfred LYONS (Miner) Mother:- Maggie TIERNEY, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 91/1901

MALONEY male unnamed  d 8 Aug 1904 ,  Stillborn, Father:- Michael MALONEY (Butcher) Mother:- Kathleen O’CONNELL, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

McDONALD Rebecca Ann -   d 17 May 1900 ,  34yrs,  Cause:- Incomplete abortion, Father:- Joseph COUSINS (Miner) Mother:- Margaret DAVIES, born South Wales, England, in NSW 13yrs, in WA 2yrs, Married to Thomas McDONALD in Newcastle NSW at age 21yrs, Children:- Blodwen 12yrs, Thomas 10yrs, Margaret 7yrs, William Joseph 5yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.


Rebecca Ann MCDONALD- Photo Outback Family History

McENTEE child unnamed-   d 24 Dec 1898,  Stillborn, Father:- Michael McENTEE (Miner) Mother:- Marlen WHITFORD, born Coolgardie, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

McFADDEN Thomas  -  d 15 Aug 1901, 1mth, Cause:- Measles, Father:- Thomas McFADDEN (Butcher) Mother:- Annie COLLINS, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 85/1901

McLEAN Allan - d 27 Mar 1907 , 56yrs, Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Phthisis, Father:- Duncan McLEAN (Shepherd) Mother:- Catherine McLEOD, born Scotland, in NSW 2 yrs, In VIC 35yrs, in WA 9yrs, Married to Ann YOUNG in Eaglehawk VIC at age 26yrs, Children:- Catherine 27, Mary Young 26, William 21, Thomas Duncan 18, Alan Alexander 16, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.


Allan McLEAN - Photo Outback Family History

McLEAN Glenville George Hector -   d 7 Nov 1907,  20mths, Cause:- Meningitis, Father:- George Walker MCLEAN (School Teacher), born Wagin WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

 
McLEAN Glenville George Hector - Photo Outback Family History

MOLONEY John -    d 22 Aug 1921,  44yrs, Occ:- Grazier, Cause:- Suicide by shooting himself whilst temporarily insane, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- Lott MALONEY (Farmer) Mother:- Catherine O’SULLIVAN, born Araluen NSW, in NSW 19yrs, In WA 25yrs, Single, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

NANCARROW Olive Muriel -   d 13 May 1903 ,  4mths,  Cause:- Ill health since birth, Father:- James NANCARROW (Miner) Mother:- Ellen Edith IVES, born Eaglehawk, VIC, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

NOONAN female unnamed - 4 Apr 1907,   Stillborn,Cause:- Premature birth, Father:- Michael NOONAN (Publican) Mother:- Mary Ann KENNEDY, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

NORTHAUSEN George Lawrence Frederick -   d 6 Jul 1899 ,  8mths,  Cause:- Tubercular Peritonitis, Father:- Charles Ludwig NORTHAUSEN (Miner) Mother:- Sarah COCKERILL, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 100/1899

PARK William -   d 28 Apr 1901,   21yrs,  Occ:- Miner, Cause Typhoid, Father:- John Jack PARK (Miner) Mother:- Mary THORN, born Ayreshire Scotland, in NSW 12 yrs, in WA 4yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.


William Park - Photo Outback Family History

PASSFIELD Henry -   d 7 Apr 1897 ,  34yrs,  Cause Degeneration of heart,  Father:- Charles PASSFIELD (Farmer) Mother Harriet STACEY, born Megglesfield SA, was 28yrs in SA, 2 yrs in WA, Married to Annie STEWART in Melbourne VIC at age 27yrs, no children. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

PICKUP Abraham -  d 15 Jun 1917,  56yrs,Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Arteria l sclerosis, Father:- Abraham PICKUP (Farmer) Mother:- Ann MALONE, born Rochdale, Lancashire, England, in NSW 9yrs, in WA 22yrs, Married twice:- 1st to Mary Ellen ATTWOOD in Newcastle NSW, 2nd to Mary Ann HICKEY in Burbanks WA at age 45yrs, Children from 1st Marriage – Jane 29yrs and 1 deceased male. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

PURDY Catherine -  d 28 Sep 1918,  89 yrs,  Widow, Cause:- Senile decay, Father:- James RICKEY (Soldier) Mother:- Catherine CANE, born Launceston TAS, in TAS 8yrs, in VIC 56yrs, in WA 17yrs, married in Melbourne VIC to Samuel PURDY at age 22yrs, 6 children, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.


Catherine PURDY - Photo Outback Family History

REDFERN William -  d 16 Dec 1904, 7 weeks, Cause:- Infantile diarrhoea, Father:- John REDFURN (Miner) Mother:- Susan BIRD, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

REGAN Mary -   d 11 Apr 1901,  47yrs, Cause:- Carcinoma of breast, Father:- John COONEY (Civil Servant) Mother:- Catherine DURACK, born Launceston TAS, In TAS 15yrs, in NSW 18yrs, in VIC 8yrs, in WA 6yrs, Married twice:- 1st to George H…..? in Deniliquin NSW at age 18yrs, 2nd to Hubert REGAN in Launceston TAS at age 33yrs, Children:- 1st Marr – Mary 27yrs, William Patrick 22yrs, John Albert Edward 18yrs, 2nd – John 13yrs, Hubert Edward 10yrs, George Augustus 7yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 34/1901


Mary REGAN - Photo Outback Family History

ROGERS Frederick William -  d 19 Jul 1899,   21mths, Cause:- Pneumonia, Father:- Frederick William RODGERS (Miner) Mother:- Emma Jane BUCK, Born Maryborough VIC, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 106/1899

ROGERS Frederick William -  d 9 Apr 1901,  34yrs, Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Phthisis, Father:- John RODGERS (Carpenter) Mother:- Margaret CAMERON, born Carisbrook, VIC, in VIC 30yrs, In WA 4yrs, Married to Emma Jane BUCK in VIC at age 26yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 32/1901

ROTHON William Thomas -   d 10 Dec 1900,  9mths, Cause:- Bowels, Father:- Albert Edward ROTHON (Hairdresser) Mother:- Susan Loretta REILLY, born Burbanks, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 124/1900

RYAN John Thomas -    d 6 Nov 1912,  39yrs,  Died at the Burbanks Hotel, Burbanks, Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Drowned while having a bath, Verdict of the Coroner, Married but details not known. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.


John RYAN - Photo Outback Family History

SCAHILL male unnamed1st born of twins d 15 Oct 1909,  Stillborn, Father:- Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor),Mother:- Amy STOCKLEY, other twin Ronald Stockley SCAHILL, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

SCAHILL Ronald Stockley - 2nd  born of twins, d 19 Nov 1909, 5 weeks, Cause:- Premature birth, , Father:- Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor), Mother:- Amy STOCKLEY (other twin stillborn), Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor), Mother:- Amy STOCKLEY, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

SHAW Charles Bertram Clive -  d 1 Jul 1911, 5mths, Cause:- Chronic enteritis, Father:- Harry SHAR (Miner) Mother Julia THORNTON, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

SOUTH Ernest John -   d 13 Feb 1908, 32yrs, Cause:- Killed by a fall of earth in the Birthday Gift GM, Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- John SOUTH (Farmer) Mother:- Mary HOLMES, born Scone NSW, in NSW 22yrs, in WA 10yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. (see www.wavmm.com

SOUTH Ernest William -   d 20 Apr 1907, 1yr, Cause:- Diarrhoea Father:- Ernest John SOUTH (Miner) Mother:- Jane ARMSTRONG, born Kalgoorlie WA, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

THOMAS Frederick William George -  d 2 Jul 1903,  2yrs, Cause:- Bronco Pneumonia, Father:- Frederick THOMAS (Miner) Mother:- Esther BUCK, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

WEARMOUTH child unnamed  d 7 Feb 1914,   Stillborn, Father:- John WEARMOUTH (Storekeeper) Mother:- Fanny Edith EDWARDS, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

WILSON Elizabeth - d 7 Mar 1899,  25yrs, at the Coolgardie Hospital, Cause:- Dysentery and Typhoid, Father:- George DRAPER (Miner), born Tasmania, in TAS and  for 24yrs, in WA 15mths, Married to Alexander WILSON in Clunes VIC at age 21, Children: Alexander 2yrs, Elda May 7weeks, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.


Elizabeth WILSON - Photo Outback Family History


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