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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.

LE CUNAT G A M — 52yrs, b 10 Feb 1998, Born: France, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEACH Percy Charles  19yrs, d 13 Mar 1902, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause; Typhoid Fever, Father: Benjamin James LEACH (Saddler), Mother: Elizabeth HOLLIS, Registered by A Leach (Brother), Born: Virginia SA, In SA 18yrs, In WA 1yr, Reg 12/1902 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried: Leonora Cemetery.

LEANEY George Francis Keith — 36yrs, d 18 Aug 1946, at camp in Tower St, Leonora, Cause: Suicide, Death caused by haemorrhage due to self-inflicted throat wounds, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Richard Thomas LEANEY (Painter), Mother: Martha Phyllis HALL, Born: Mt Morgan WA, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 13/1946, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


George F & Richard T LEANEY

LEANEY Richard Thomas — 92yrs, b 30 Nov 1965, Father: Richard LEANEY, Reg 3/1966 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEE Robert Henry 45yrs, d 8 Oct 1903, at Malcolm Public Hospital, Occ: Storekeeper, Cause: Heart Disease, Father: George LEE (Wesleyan Minister), Mother: Elizabeth MATTHEWS, Born South Australia, 26yrs in SA, 7yrs in WA, Married to Frances SYMONS at age 20yrs in Adelaide SA, Children: Reginald 21yrs, Leslie 18yrs, Sydney 16yrs, one male deceased, Reg 38/1903 Mt Margaret, WES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Bill LEE

LEE William George Trevor (Bill) — 3mths, d 31 Mar 1951, at Mr Lee’s Residence Gwalia St, Leonora, Cause: Accidentally suffocated whilst in a bed asleep, Verdict of the Coroner after post-mortem, Born: Leonora WA, Father: George Edward LEE (Miner), Mother: Gertrude Emily STARLING, Reg Mt Margaret 13/1951, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEGGO unnamed male — d 12 Oct 1956, Cause: Stillborn, Premature, abnormally developed mother, Father: Richard Leonard LEGGO (Assistant Secretary), Mother: Beryl Gourley GOODWIN, Reg 14/1956 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEHMAN John Paul — 85yrs, b 23 May 1963, Father: Charles H LEHMAN, Mother: Louvina, Reg 19/1963 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LETHLEAN Herbert Thomas 11yrs, d 31 Aug 1921, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Heart Failure, Father: Herbert John Livingstone LETHLEAN (Engine Fitter), Mother: Isabel Marie DE GREY, Born Gwalia WA, Reg 15/1921 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LETHLEAN John 70yrs, d 15 Oct 1920, at Tower Chambers Tower Street, Leonora, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Senile Decay, Father: James LEATHLEAN Mother: Martha JAMES, Born Crowan, Cornwall, England, In VIC 30yrs, In WA 20yrs, Married to Minnie SUMMERS in 1875 in Bendigo VIC at age 24yrs, Children: Minnie Elizabeth 44yrs, William Ernest 42yrs, Mabel 39yrs, Herbert John 35yrs, Alma Christina 37yrs, Hedly Vicars 32yrs, Dulcie Euart 22yrs, 1 female deceased, Reg 31/1920 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LETHLEAN John De Grey 12yrs 3mths, d 27 Nov 1920, at Tower Street, Leonora, Cause: Acute Gastro Enteritis, Heart Failure, Father: Herbert John Livingstone LETHLEAN (Engine Fitter), Mother: Isabel Marie DE GREY, Born Gwalia WA, Reg 40/1920 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


William E LETHLEAN

LETHLEAN William Ernest — 65yrs, d 4 Sept 1943, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Bronchial Asthma, Cardiac Failure, Father: John LETHLEAN, Mother: Minnie SUMMERS, Born: Bendigo VIC, In VIC 24yrs, In WA 41yrs, Married to Leslie Jane DEARLOVE in Gwalia WA at age 29yrs, Children: Lorna Livingstone 31yrs, William Leslie 32yrs, Eustau Walton 28yrs, Joyce 23yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 15/1943 METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LETHLEAN William Headley — 19yrs, d 9 Aug 1935, at Leonora Hospital, Occ Labourer, Cause: Familial glandular imbalance, heart failure, Herbert John Livingstone LETHLEAN (Engine Fitter), Mother: Isabel Marie DE GREY, Single, Reg 18/1935 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Ernest Henry LEWIN

LEWIN Henry Ernest — 57yrs, d 8 Jun 1932, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Wood Contractor, Cause: Pneumonia, Cardiac Failure, Father: Thomas LEWIN (Carpenter), Mother: Katherine WOODS, Born: Beechworth VIC, In VIC 17yrs, In WA 40yrs, Married to Clara Elizabeth BANKS in Lawlers WA at age 30yrs, Children: Beatrix 19yrs, 3 males deceased, Reg 8/1932 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIN Thomas 1 ½yrs, d 17 Jun 1914, Tower Street, Leonora, Cause: Meningitis, Father: Ernest LEWIN (Miner) Mother: Clara BLANKO, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 25/1914 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIN unnamed male — d 12 Mar 1915, at Tower Street, Leonora, Cause: Stillbirth, Father: Ernest Henry LEWIN (Miner), Mother: Clara Elizabeth BANKS, Reg 10/1915 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIS Charles — 74yrs, d 14 Oct 1945, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Winder Driver, Cause: Chronic Nephritis, Reg Mt Margaret 18/1945, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIS Dinah — 74yrs, d 25 Feb 1960, at Leonora Hospital, Home Duties, Cause: Infected bed sores, Parkinson’s Disease, Born: Cosmo Newbery WA, Single, Child Scotty 41yrs, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIS Edward 52yrs, d 29 Dec 1915, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Diabetes, Reg 1/1916 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIS Edward James — 43yrs, d 14 Mar 1936, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Fracture of the base of the skull due to injuries received on the 11th March 1936 in the shaft of the Freemans Find GM but there was no evident to indicate definitely how the injury was sustained, Verdict of the Coroner, Reg 9/1936 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com


Mary LEWIS

LEWIS Mary Liriwara — 70yrs, d 29 July 2000, Born: Wingellina WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIS Miles Coverdale 39yrs, d 25 May 1907, at Hall Street, Leonora, Occ: Carrier, Cause: Acute Bronchitis, Father: William LEWIS (Gentleman), Mother: Matilda COLLEY, Born VIC, In VIC and NSW for 26yrs, In WA 13yrs, Married to Mary Catherine BERRYMAN at the age of 26yrs in Southern Cross WA, Children: Wallis 8yrs, Dorothy 6yrs, Percy, 2yrs, deceased 3 females, Reg 37/1907 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEWIS Scotty — 82yrs, b 19 Jul 1997, Born Lancefield WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery. (see Mary Lewis)

LEWIS Tom Gregory 10yrs, d 9 Aug 1927, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: John Gregory LEWIS, (GPO), Mother: Minnie DAWES, Born: Portsmouth England, In WA 1yr, Reg Mt Margaret 13/1927, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LEYDEN James Peter 28yrs, d 30 Sep 1906, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally Killed by a fall of sand, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Patrick LEYDEN (Labourer), Mother: Bridget LEYDEN, Born Camperdown VIC, In Vic 18yrs, In WA 10yrs (John Edward FOLEY also killed in the same accident), Reg 64/1906 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death — www.wavmm.com


Norman LINANE


Northern Grazier and Miner , 13 October 1934, page 2

LINANE Norman — 26yrs, d 12 Oct 1934, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Appendicitis, Father: John LINANE (Labourer), Mother: Mary BOURKE, Born: Perth WA, Single, Reg 31/1934 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LINDGREN Charles — 60yrs, d 25 Jun 1938, at a camp at Rymers Battery Murrin, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Chronic Cardia Valvular disease, Syncope, Verdict of the Coroner, believed to be born in Sweden, Reg Mt Margaret 18/1938, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LINTON Alan John — 5mths, b 4 Jan 1973, Born: Laverton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LISSI Giacomo — 56yrs, d 7 Jan 1951, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Retired Miner, Cause: Silicosis, Reg Mt Margaret 3/1951, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. (Originally registered as LIZZI)

LITTLE Peter James — 60yrs, b 19 Dec 2006, Born: Mount Magnet WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LLEWELLYN female (Mrs) — c50yrs, d 15 Jun 1909, at the Federal Coffee Palace, Tower Street, Leonora, Widow Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver, Cardiac Failure, Reg 23/1909 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

LOCKEY Harry — 75yrs, b 9 May 1965, from Yakabindie WA, Born: Wongawol Station WA, Reg 8/1965 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Barry LOFTUS

LOFTUS Barry John — 17yrs, d 1963, Mother: Joan, Stepfather: Bob, Sister: Lorraine, Reg 10/1963 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


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