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Leonora > Leonora Cemetery PRI - ROB
Leonora Cemetery Western Australia
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.
PRIEST Richard — about 44yrs, d 20 Jan 1912, at Gwalia, Cause: Accidentally struck by the Leonora to Gwalia tram, he was unconscious at the time, Verdict of the Coroner, Reg Mt Margaret 4/1912, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
PRIMROSE Kathy Diane — 1hr, b 15 Mar 1962, Father: Robert B PRIMROSE, Mother: June J PRIMROSE, Reg 7/1962 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
PRINCE William George — 1yr 7mths, d 11 Mar 1925, at Gwalia, Cause: Convulsions, Father: Ernest Edward PRINCE (Guard), Mother: Lillian Maud Mary SNELL, Born Boulder WA, Reg 1/1925 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
PRISK Annie — 36yrs, d 6 Oct 1907, at Stuart St, Leonora, Cause: Gastric Ulcer, Father: John COGAN (Farmer), Mother: Mary Ann BULLPIT, Born Tamworth NSW, In NSW 31yrs In WA 5yrs, Married to John PRISK in Tamworth NSW aged 16yrs, Children: Lillian Mary 13yrs, Herbert George 11yrs, Alicia Elizabeth 8yrs, 1 male deceased, Reg 53/1907, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
PRITCHARD Morgan Roderick — 47yrs, d 11 Oct 1909, at South Gwalia GM, Gwalia, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally killed by a fall of ground, Verdict of Coroner, Mother: Elizabeth PRITCHARD, Born: Llanllechid, Caernarfonshire, Wales, In WA for 13yrs, Reg 38/1909 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine accident www.wavmm.com
PROBERT Arthur Adrian — 62yrs, d 14 May 1953, at Leonora Hospital, Prospector from Burtville, Cause: Pulmonary Oedema, Cardiac Failure, Silicosis, Farther: Arthur Gerard PROBERT, Mother: Alice Peyton SHEERY, Born: Snapper Point, VIC, In VIC 6yrs, in WA 56yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 10/1953, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
PULZAR Drago (Danny) — 65yrs b 3 Mar 2010, Born: Croatia, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
PUNCH Ernest William — 6wks, d 20 Oct 1911, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Marasmus, Father: Mathew Ernest PUNCH (Draper), Mother: Rose Ann MCCARTHY, Reg Mt Margaret 55/1911, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Ben QUARTI
QUARTI Benamino Giuseppe 'Ben' — 75yrs, d 7 Oct 1923, at Gwalia, Occ: Bootmaker, Cause: Bronchitis & Heart Failure, Father was a Carpenter first name not known, Mother: Maria BONICASI, Born: Valentino Italy, In WA 27yrs, Married to Mary Ann BOWLES in Daylesford VIC at age 27yrs, Children: Rosina Eugenice 47yrs, Alice Maud 45yrs, Giuseppe 42yrs, Florence Gene 40yrs, Gladys Regina 36yrs, Hilda Muriel 32yrs, 1 male deceased, Reg 16/1923 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Joe QUARTI
QUARTI Joe — 81yrs, b 29 Jun 1962, Born: VIC, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
QUEEMAN Harold — 53yrs, d 20 Jul 1941, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Cook, Cause: Nephritis & Broncho Pneumonia, Reg Mt Marg 22/1941, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
QUICK Ernest Joseph — 6hrs, d 23 Jan 1910, at Gwalia, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: William Edward QUICK, (Miner), Mother: Margaret LOWES, Reg 8/1910 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
QUINN Thomas Joseph — 72yrs, d 19 Jul 1927, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Phthisis, Exhaustion, Born County Sligo, Ireland, In WA 17yrs, in other states 23yrs, Single, Reg 8/1927 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
QUIRK Sarah — 52yrs, d 16 Jun 1915, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Boarding Housekeeper, Born United States of America, or Canada, In WA 18yrs, Single, Reg 19/1915 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
QUISTINI Pietro — 68yrs, d 4 Feb 1939, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Myocarditis, Chronic and pulmonary embolism, Born: Gorno, Bergamo, Italy, In WA 40yrs, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1939, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RADI Giuliana — 5mths, d 2 Sep 1959, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Pneumonia, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Antonio RADI (Miner), Mother Marianne MIRKO, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 22/1959 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RADOVIC Richard — 5mths d 6 May 1953, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Enteritis, Father: Radoljub RADOVIC (Labourer), Mother: Aneila MOCH, Born: Leonora WA, Reg Mt Margaret 6/1953, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RAHIM Abdul — 78yrs, d 12 Oct 1935, at Leonora, Occ: Peddler, Cause: Carcinoma of the stomach, Born: Peshawar India, In SA about 7yrs, In WA about 45yrs, Married in Karachi at age 24yrs, wife’s name unknown, Children: Mahomet Amen about 50yrs, deceased 1 male, Reg 26/1935 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RAKICH Stephan — 68yrs, b 11/10/1963, Born: Yugoslavia, Reg 30/1963 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RAMSAY John — 34yrs, d 30 Jun 1902, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Woodcutter, Cause: Enteric Fever, Reg 44/1902 Mt Margaret, WES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RANDALL John — 84yrs, d 1 Mar 1951, at Red Castle via Murrin, Pensioner, Cause: Coronary Occlusion,
In WA 48yrs, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 8/1951, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RANKIN John — 77yrs, d 5 May 1944, at Leonora Hospital, Old Age Pensioner, Cause: Arteriosclerosis, Cerebral Haemorrhage, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1944, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RATCLIFFE Joseph — 48yrs, d 4 Dec 1911, at Leonora Hospital, Occ Miner, Cause: Through injuries receive on 2nd Dec when accidentally falling down a stope at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Joseph RATCLIFFE (Sawyer), Born: Gippsland, VIC, In VIC 36yrs, In WA 12yrs, Married to Julia Frances MCCARTHY in Sale VIC at age 22yrs, Children: Michael & Nellie 20yrs (twins), Vera 18yrs, Agnes 16yrs, 1 male deceased, Reg Mt Margaret 62/1911, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com
REDLING Matijes Ferdinand — 70yrs, d 13 Oct 1930, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Aneurism of Aorta, Cardiac Failure, Father: name unknown, Occ Blacksmith, Born Hevera, Hereng, Sweden, In WA 40yrs, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
REDMAN Winnie — b 12 Feb 1983, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
REDMOND Leanne Gloria — 51yrs, b 20 Nov 2015, Born: Leonora WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
REDMOND Pamela Ruth — 6mths, b 1 Dec 1968, from Yakabindie Station, Born: Wiluna WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Milton A REED
REED Milton — 37yrs, d 25 Sep 1990, Father: Laurence Basil REED, Mother Helen REED, Born: Subiaco WA, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
REEN Timothy — 5yrs, d 29 Dec 1904, at Block 456, Malcolm Road, Leonora, Cause: Meningitis, Father: John REEN (Goods Porter), Mother: Mary OANELL, Born: Boulder WA, Reg 2/1905 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
REID Alfred Ernest — 28yrs, d 21 Jul 1939, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Clerk, Cause: Influenza, Broncho Pneumonia & Heart Failure, Father: Albert REID (Painter), Mother: Matilda WILLIAMS, Born: Bunbury WA, Married to Edith MUSTY at age 23yrs in Fremantle WA, Children: Joan 3yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 19/1939, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
REID James ― 52yrs, d 15 Jun 1944, at Emu Gold Mine Lease, Agnew, Occ: Miner, Cause: Thrombosis of the left coronary artery of the heart, Coroners enquiry after post-mortem, Father: Thomas Owen REID, Mother: Johanna McINERNY, Born: 10 Apr 1892 at Peak Valley, nr Quorn, SA, Reg 13/1944 East Murchison, RC, Buried in Leonora Cemetery.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 18 September 1906
REILLY James — 40yrs, d 6 Sep 1906, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Carpenter, Cause: Blow inflicted on him by Joseph Higgins on 4 Sept 1906, Verdict of Coroner, Father: Daniel REILLY (Labourer), Mother: Ann QUINN, Born Melbourne VIC, In Vic 30yrs, In WA 10yrs, Married: Mildred Mary BONNEY at age 30yrs in Albany WA. Children: Harold James 8yrs, Herbert Patrick 6yrs, James David 4yrs, Mona Mary 1yr, Reg 56/1906 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
REYNOLDS M R — 41yrs, b 23 Aug 1997, Born: Leonora WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Marjorie RHATIGAN
RHATIGAN Marjorie — 1yr 11mths, d 25 Dec 1910, at Gwalia GM Lease, Cause, Acute Colitis, Convulsions, Exhaustion, Father: Martin RHATIGAN (Engine Driver), Mother Margaret NELLIGAN, Reg 3/1911 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RHO Nicola — 54yrs, d 21 Oct 1930, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Bullet wound inflicted on the 19th Oct by George Marcovich, Father: Antonio RHO, Mother: Margerita PINSELLI, Born Italy, In WA 34yrs, Reg 22/1930 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RICCARDI Tomaso — 47yrs, d 28 Mar 1927, Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Fell down open cut at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Verdict of Coroner, Father: Giovanni RICCARDI (Farmer), Mother: Caterina BONI, Born Nona, Bergamo, Italy, In WA 2 ½yrs, Married to Antonia PICCINI in Nona Italy at age 26yrs, Children: Antonio 19yrs, Fridoro 14yrs, Giovanni 7yrs, Manfredo 5yrs, Elia 2yrs, Reg 2/1927 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death — www.wavmm.com
RICETTI unnamed male — d 17 Feb 1931, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Stillborn, Cause: Asphyxia from cord around neck 1 month before birth, Father: Alfonso RICETTI (Miner), Mother: Virginia TOGNI, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RICHARDS James Henry — 58yrs, d 27 Dec 1950, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Station Hand, Cause: Aortic Incompetence, Reg Mt Margaret 2/1951, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RICHARDS Phillip — 1yr, b 21 Dec 1979, Born: Alice Springs NT, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RICHARDS Racheal — 45yrs, b 30 Mar 1985, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RICHARDS Ruth — 45yrs, b 20 Dec 1985, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RICKS Amy — 72yrs, at Leonora, Born: Lake Darlot, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RICKS George — 78yrs, b 4 Oct 1982, Born: Warburton WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RIGBY Charles — 87yrs, d 17 Sep 1932, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Saddler and Engine Driver, Cause: Senility, Myocardial Disintegration, Cardiac failure, Father: Edward RIGBY, Mother: Margaret GLASS, Born: London England, In WA about 36yrs, Reg 16/1932 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery0
RIGGALL Charles Edward — 54yrs, d 10 Nov 1926, at Tarmoola Station, Leonora, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Killed in a motor car accident, In WA for 15yrs, Single, Reg 13/1926 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RING Krysia Maree Joan — 3mths, b 17 Aug 1991, Born: Subiaco, WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RISDEN Ernest — 60yrs, d 14 Feb 1941, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Gastroenteritis, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1941, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Agnes and William RISDON
RISDON Agnes May — 29yrs, d 6 May 1911, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: John NEWTON 1856-1899, (Livery Stable Keeper), Mother: Jemima MAY (1855-1887), Born: 2 Nov 1881, St Germans, Cornwall, England, In WA 3yrs, Married to William James RISDON (1879-1951) at age 25yrs on the 10 Oct 1906, Bodmin, Cornwall England, Children: Elsie May born 1909, Agnes born 1910, Reg 15/1911 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
RITCHIE Nellie — 24yrs, d 18 Feb 1914, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman, Housekeeper, Cause: Burns and shock, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1914, RC, Buried in the Leonora Cemetery.
RITCHIE Thomas Francis — 60yrs, d 5 Jan 1923, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Rectal abscess, Septicaemia, Father: Alexander RITCHIE (Farmer), Mother: Margaret MCCALLUM, Born Strathfield VIC, In VIC 30yrs, In WA 30yrs, Married to Lily Ann THOMPSON in East Melbourne VIC at age 37yrs, no children, Reg 1/1923 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROACH Francis — 44yrs, d 27 Aug 1912, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Wheelwright, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: Edward ROACH (Labourer), Mother: Sarah COSGROVE, Born Co Mayo, Ireland, 39yrs in WA, Reg Mt Margaret 33/1912, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery
ROBERTS Alfred Edward — 62yrs, d 1 Apr 1925, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Heart Failure, Born Ballarat VIC, In VIC 40yrs, In WA 22yrs, Married to Ethel WHEDLOCK in Melbourne VIC at age 35yrs, Children: Edith May 20yrs, deceased 2 males and 3 females, Reg 3/1925 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Bertha ROBERTSON
ROBERTSON Bertha — 38yrs, d 11 Dec 1935, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman, Cause: Cardiac Valvular disease, Pneumonia and Oedema, Father: Thomas JONES (Labourer), Mother: Catherine ROBINSON, Born: Adamstown NSW, In NSW 8yrs, In WA 30yrs, Married to William Edward ROBERTSON in Gwalia WA at age 22yrs, Children: William Donald 15yrs, Dorothy Catherine Elizabeth 13yrs, Margaret May 11yrs, Neil Edward Douglas 9yrs, Bertha Joan 7yrs, Edward Murdoch John 4yrs, Patricia 3yrs, Robert Clive 6mths, Reg 2/1936 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Douglas J ROBERTSON
ROBERTSON Douglas John — 33yrs, d 25 May 1935, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Loco Foreman, Cause: From injuries received accidentally at the 8 ½ mile gate of the Gwalia Woodline, injuries received by being struck by the locomotive while alighting from the train to open the gate in the course of his duties, No blame attached to anyone, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: William ROBERTSON (dec) Occ Ganger, Mother: Elizabeth CLARKE, Born: Southern Cross WA, Married to Alice Esther BARRETT in Perth WA at age 24yrs, Children: Kenneth Neil 8yrs, William Douglas 7yrs, Maxwell John 5yrs, Peter James 3yrs, Murray Barrett 1yr, Reg 12/1935 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Elizabeth ROBERTSON
ROBERTSON Elizabeth — 74yrs, d 18 May 1940, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Uterine Fibroid, secondary Colitis & Cystitis, Father: Edward CLARK (Labourer), Mother: Mary O’LEARY, Born: Bordertown SA, In SA 30yrs, In WA 44yrs, Married to William ROBERTSON in Bordertown SA at age 23yrs, Children: Mary Ann 50yrs, Elizabeth Olive 48yrs, William Edward 45yrs, Flora May 35yrs, Pearl Ethel 31yrs, 2 males deceased, Reg Mt Margaret 12/1940, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBERTSON Julian — 1yr, b 8 Sep 1970, Born: Warburton WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBERTSON Mary — d 19 Mar 1906, at Railway Reserve, Leonora, Cause: Stillborn — delayed delivery, Father: Andrew Gilbert ROBERTSON (Ganger), Mother: Alice Blanch TAYLOR, Reg 24/1906 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBERTSON Murray Barrett — 71yrs, b 23 Feb 2005, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBERTSON unnamed male — b 14 Oct 1966, Father: Red ROBERTSON, Mother: Olive ROBERTSON, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 12/1966 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
William ROBERTSON
ROBERTSON William — 69yrs, d 27 Feb 1928, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pensioner Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage, Father: Unknown, Mother: Ann MCINNES, Born Geelong VIC, In VIC 2yrs, In SA 30yrs, In WA 37yrs, Married to Elizabeth CLARK in Bordertown SA aged 30yrs, Children: Mary Ann 38yrs, Elizabeth Olive 35yrs, William Edward 33yrs, Douglas John 26yrs, Flora May 21yrs, Pearl Ethel 19yrs, Reg 1/1928 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBERTSON William — 72yrs, d 11 Apr 1942, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Chronic Myocarditis, Born: Victoria, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 5/1942, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Albert E ROBINSON
ROBINSON Albert Edward — 46yrs, d 27 Oct 1915, on Railway Station Platform, Gwalia, Occ: Council Carrier, Cerebral Haemorrhage, Reg 35/1915 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBINSON Carment AKA Tarai — 1yr, d 3 Jul 1959, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Pneumonia, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, Reg 15/1959 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBINSON James Johnson — 83yrs, d 15 Aug 1932, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Senility, Hypo Static Pneumonia, Married twice, 1st time name unknown, 2nd time to Bessie MILLER, Reg 13/1932 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBINSON John William — 66yrs, b 16 Jun 1973, Born: Boulder WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBINSON Lynne — 4 days, d 18 Feb 1952, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Premature breach twin birth, Father: Thomas ROBINSON (Miner), Mother: Elsie Louise BUCHI, Reg Mt Margaret 5/1952, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
ROBINSON Pamela — 24yrs, b 3 May 1975, Born: Warburton WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
Robert ROBINSON
ROBINSON Robert — 49yrs, d 2 Feb 1919, at the Auckland Gold Mine, Leonora, Occ: Mine Manager, Cause: Fractured skull from a fall from sulky, Verdict of Coroner, Father: Robert ROBINSON (Merchant), Mother: Annie RAWLINGS, Born England, In WA 25yrs, Married to Annie McKENZIE in Perth WA at age 27yrs, Children: Gladys Irene 21yrs, Evelyn Lenora 19yrs, Cecil Ray 18yrs, Mavis Alice 12yrs, Reg 4/1919 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.
NOTE: Exhumed and re Buried in the Karakatta Cemetery Perth in 1919
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