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Leonora Airport Road Cemetery

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LEGEND: b = Buried, d = Died, Occ = Occupation, Mt Margaret = Mount Margaret, Reg = Registration.
RC = Roman Catholic, ANG = Anglican or Church of England, METH = Methodist/Wesleyan,
PRES = Presbyterian,
WA = Western Australia, NSW = New South Wales, VIC = Victoria, QLD = Queensland, SA = South Australia. TAS = Tasmania, NT = Northern Territory.


Note: The person registering the death is only listed if it was someone other than the police or an undertaker.

ANDERSON William — 39yrs, d 14 Feb 1900, at Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Chronic Nephritis & Cardiac Syncope, Born: Finland, Reg 28/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried at the Airport Rd Cemetery, Leonora.

ARMSTRONG Sarah 68yrs, d 8 Nov 1900, Occ: Char woman, Cause: Burns & Shock, Reg 39/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried at the Airport Rd Cemetery, Leonora.

ATWELL Susannah ‘Susan’ — 64yrs, d 14 Apr 1901, at Tower St, Leonora, Occ: Housewife, Natural Causes, Father: HYDE, Born: Liverpool England, in VIC 43yrs, Married to Charles William ATWELL in Victoria in 1875 at age 28yrs, no children, Reg 17/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried at the Airport Rd Cemetery, Leonora

AUSTIN Victoria May Leonora  3 ½mths, d 21 Dec 1899, on the Gwalia Leases, Leonora, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: Herbert Hinton AUSTIN (Miner), Mother: Maude Irene MILES, Registered by Mother, Buried Leonora Cemetery, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 1/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BARNES Dorothy Minna — 37yrs, d 20 Aug 1900, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Cause: Asthma and Bronchitis, Father: John MCLEAN (Shipping Agent), Mother: Margaret PERIA, Death registered by husband, In WA 9yrs, Married to Frederick Rose BARNES in Perth WA at age 33yrs, no children, Reg 32/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Francis William BROWN 

BROWN Francis William 28yrs, d 12 Sep 1900, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Through the North skip suddenly descending from the pit head uncontrolled by the engine driver in charge, Father: John BROWN (Miner), Mother: Harriett JOHNSON, Registered by J J Brown (Brother), Born: Bendigo VIC, In VIC 25yrs, in WA 2 ½yrs, Reg 35/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death  www.wavmm.com

CARTER Marion Excell 3mths, d 3 Jun 1901, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Enteritis & Exhaustion, Father: Nathan CARTER, (Contractor), Mother: Elizabeth Mary ABBOTT, Born: Coolgardie WA, Reg 24/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

DALLON Arthur Ernest 41yrs, d 11 Mar 1900, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Clerk, Cause: Asthma, Mother: Marion CARREY, registered by wife, Born: Ireland, In WA 6yrs, Married to Susan BASSETT in Menzies WA at age 39yrs, no children, Reg 24/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

DAVIS Larry 36yrs, d 6 Jul 1901, at Laver St, Leonora, Occ: Cook, Cause: Concussion of brain from falling from coach, Verdict of Coroner, Father: Charles DAVIS (Farmer), Mother: Alice LOUON, Born: East India, Married to Bridget CLANCY in Melbourne VIC at age 28yrs, Children: Alice 7yrs, Reg 40/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

DAVISON George Keith 38yrs, d 13 Nov 1900, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Alcoholic Neuritis, In WA 5yrs, Reg: 38/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried: Leonora Cemetery.

DUGGAN Hugh — 52yrs, d 26 Dec 1901, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cirrhosis of liver, Reg 5/1902 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

EVANS Griffith 27yrs, d 19 Jun 1901, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Griffith EVANS and William WHITFORD were travelling through a pass in opposite directions and met in crawling positions. A rock immediately above them fell, killing both, Born: Wales, Reg 25/1901 Mt Margaret. Buried Leonora Airport Rd Cemetery. Mine Death —  www.wavmm.com

FITZPATRICK William 32yrs, d 19 May 1901, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause:  Acute Rheumatism Endocarditis, Father: David FITZPATRICK (Sharebroker), Mother: Margaret WALTERS, Born: Victoria, Reg 21/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

FUNSTON Charles 40yrs, d 11 Mar 1899, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Reg 16/1899 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRAHAM Walter 25yrs, d 1 Mar 1900, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Contractor, Cause: Peritonitis following acute Cystitis, Father: Squire GRAHAM (Engine Driver), Mother: Theresa BAILEY, Registered by W H Cocks, Brother-in-Law, Born: Marybrough QLD, In QLD 27yrs, In WA 6yrs, in NSW 7yrs, Reg 21/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried: Leonora Cemetery.

GRUNDY George 34yrs, d 9 Feb 1898, at a Private Hospital Leonora, Occ: Telegraph Operator, Cause: Intermittent fever, Cardiac Syncope, Father: John Henry GRUNDY, Mother: Annie MCKENNA, Born: York WA, In WA 34yrs, Reg 4/1898 Mt Margaret, Buried: Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY Frank 1day, d 4 Jul 1899, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Atelectasis, Pulmonary Asphyxia, Father: Tom HARVEY (Blacksmith), Mother: Isabella SMITH, Registered by Father, Reg 15/1899 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEALY Francis Joseph 8mths, d 29 Mar 1899, at Leonora, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: Francis HEALY (Carpenter), Mother: Mary MYERS, Born: Menzies WA, Reg 3/1899 Mt Margaret, Buried: Leonora Cemetery.

HENDERSON Robert 43yrs, d 20 Jan 1902, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Accountant, Cause: Heart Disease, Born: Glasgow Scotland, In WA 8yrs, Reg 11/1902 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.



Albert Leonard HICKS 

HICKS Albert Leonard 24yrs, d 19 April 1901, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Enteric Fever,               
Father: George Edward HICKS (Farmer), Mother: Fanny HOLDEN, Born: Balaklava SA, In WA 6yrs, Reg 18/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery. (Headstone has middle name as ‘U’)

JACKSON Charles Herbert 23yrs, d 25 Apr 1899, at a Private Hospital Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidental fall of earth at the Sons of Gwalia GM, shock, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Edward JACKSON, Mother: Sarah Mary KNIGHT, Born: East Brunswick VIC, Reg 12/1899 Mt Margaret. Buried: Leonora Airport Rd Cemetery. Mine Death — www.wavmm.com

JACKSON unnamed female — 24hrs, d 25 Feb 1901, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Haemorrhage from umbilical cord, Father: Robert JACKSON (Labourer), Mother: Mary Ann ANDERSON, Registered by John NEVIN (Step-brother), Reg 14/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried: Leonora Cemetery.

JONES Edward 22yrs, d 25 Apr 1898, at a Private Hospital, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Born: North Wales, Reg 10/1898 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

KIELY Patrick Roderick 10mths, d 16 Oct 1898, at Leonora, Cause: Accidental Scalding, Father: John KIELY (Miner), Mother: Mary RYAN, Born: Kanowna WA, Reg 19/1898 Mt Margaret, Buried in Leonora Cemetery.

LILLEY William 40yrs, d 13 Aug 1901, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Struck with skip at the Sons of Gwalia GM, (Registered as William TILLEYS) Reg 39/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Airport Rd Cemetery, Leonora.  Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

LOCKHART Nellie Bain 3 ½yrs, d 4 Feb 1901, at Tower Hill Leonora, Cause: Heat Apoplexy,
Father: Adam John LOCKHART (Mine Manager), Mother: Margaret Walker, Born: Zeehan, Tasmania, 2yrs in WA, Reg 7/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LOFTES Robert 24yrs, d 3 Aug 1898, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accident, Fall of earth at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Shock resulting from internal haemorrhage, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: John Henry LOFTES (Farmer), Mother: Mary Ann COCKER, Registered by Charles DAVY (First Cousin), Born: One Tree Hill SA, In SA 22yrs, In WA 2yrs, Reg 13/1898 Mt Margaret, Buried: Leonora Airport Rd Cemetery. Mine Death — www.wavmm.com

MCCARLIE Irene Jessie 20mths, d 22 Nov 1900, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Fourth degree burns & Meningitis, Father: John Charles MCCARLIE, Mother: Emma WILLIAMS, Registered by Father, Born: Perth WA, Reg 36/1900 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MCFEE Evan 48yrs, d 1 Dec 1899, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Ronald MCFEE, Born: Smithdale VIC, In WA 2yrs, Reg 22/1899 Mt Margaret, Buried: Leonora Cemetery.

MCKENZIE William — 34yrs, d 18 May 1900, at Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: William MCKENZIE (Mine Manager), Mother: Jane MCALLISTER, Registered by Father, Born: Larnaca New Zealand, In NZ and TAS 32yrs, In WA 2yrs, Reg 29/1900 Mt Margaret. Buried Leonora Cemetery. 

MOLLOY Michael 58yrs, d 28 Jul 1901, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally, fall of earth, Verdict of the Coroner, Reg 38/1901 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. 
Mine Death — www.wavmm.com

MURPHY Dennis 36yrs, d 30 Dec 1901, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Pneumonia, Born: Donegal Ireland, Reg 6/1902 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MURPHY Stephen Robert 8mths, d 23 Dec 1901, at Leonora, Cause: Enteritis & Convulsions, Father: Stephen Robert MURPHY (Grocer), Mother: Maria Elizabeth COOK, Born: Millerton New Zealand, 1mth in WA, Reg 4/1902 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

NEVILLE Arthur Charles 7mths, d 21 Feb 1902, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: Arthur Charles NEVILLE (Painter), Mother: Janey GRAHAM, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 10/1902 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

NEVILLE Annie 1 day, d 22 Mar 1901, at Leonora, Cause: Exhaustion, Father: James William NEVILLE (Clerk), Mother: Mary Teresa HARDY, Reg 12/1901 Mt Margaret. Buried Leonora Cemetery.

POLLOCK James 39yrs, d 7 Nov 1901, at Tower St, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suicide, by placing dynamite in mouth, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Robert POLLOCK (Carter), Mother: Elizabeth MARLIN, Born: Glasgow Scotland, In QLD 15yrs, In WA 9yrs, Married to Susan HALLINAN in Melbourne VIC at age 29yrs, Children: Lizzie 9yrs, James 9yrs, George Leo 4yrs, Benedict 2yrs, Reg 54/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

PRYME William 49yrs, d 29 Aug 1901, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Pneumonia, Reg 37/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

SCHILLER Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ 34yrs, d 22 Jan 1901, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Housekeeper, Cause: Phthisis, Father: Patrick KANE (Hotel Keeper), Mother: Elizabeth DEMPSEY, Registered by Mary KANE (Sister), Born: Scarsdale VIC, In WA 6mths, Married to James SCHILLER in South Melbourne VIC at age 24yrs in 1891, Reg 13/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WHITFORD William 19yrs, d 19 Jun 1901, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Griffith EVANS and William WHITFORD were travelling through a pass in opposite directions and met in crawling positions. A rock immediately above them fell, killing both, at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Father: Richard WHITFORD (Miner), Mother: Ann DOBLE, Born: Clunes VIC, In VIC 16yrs, In WA 3yrs, Reg 26/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death — www.wavmm.com

WILLIAMS Benjamin 45yrs, d 20 May 1901, at Gwalia Hospital, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause: Heart Disease, Reg 22/1901, Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

 

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