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Sandstone Cemetery Cont - L - R

LAWRY/LAWRIE William – died 30 May 1911, at Oroya Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 4 mths; Father: William John LAWRY (Miner); Mother: Annie ARNOLD; Born: Jan 1911, Sandstone, WA; Buried: 31 May 1911, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 9/1911 Black Range).

LEACH EDNA – died 9 Feb 1910, at Oroya Street, Sandstone, WA, age 4 mths; Father: Albert Edwin LEACH; Mother: Alice Charlotte OVINGTON; Born: 1909, Sandstone, WA; Buried: 10 Feb 1910, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 3/1910 Black Range).

LEE Lucy – died 1 Dec 1917, at Black Range Hospital, Nunngarra (12km SSW of Sandstone), WA, age 63 yrs; Father: George WILLIAMS; Mother: Sarah JONES; Born: 28 Sep 1854, Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, ENG; Married (1) Enoch FENN, 1875, Wolverhampton, ENG, (2) William LEE, 1901, Mount Barker, WA; Child: Mary Edith FENN (1880-1886); In WA about 42 yrs; Buried: 3 Dec 1917, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 4/1907 Black Range).

LEE Stuart – died 30 Jun 1984, in Geraldton, WA, age 82 yrs; Born: Winton, QLD; Buried: 4 Jul 1984, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 85/1984 Geraldton).

LEND Walter – died 13 Oct 1910, at Black Range Hospital, Nunngarra (12km SSW of Sandstone), WA, age c. 21 yrs, Cause: Tuberculosis and Abscess of the Kidneys; Occ: Woodcutter; Father: unknown LEND; Mother: unknown; Born: Sweden; Buried: 14 Oct 1910, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 11/1910 Black Range). NOTE: Also recorded as LEAD or LENO.

LUSH unnamed female – died 1912, at Sandstone, WA, Cause: Stillborn; Father: Joseph Frederick Harold LUSH (Cobb and Co. Driver); Mother: Louisa LIPPIATT; Born: Sandstone, WA; Buried: 1 Jan 1912, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 1/1912 Black Range).

LUSH unnamed male – died 1912, at Sandstone, WA, Cause: Stillborn; Father: Joseph Frederick Harold LUSH (Cobb and Co. Driver); Mother: Louisa LIPPIATT; Born: Sandstone, WA; Buried: 1 Jan 1913, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 2/1912 Black Range).

Horace MAHOOD - Photo Find a Grave

MAHOOD Horace Arthur – died 4 Mar 1908, at Hack Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 10 mths 2 days; Father: Samuel Arthur MAHOOD (Draper); Mother: Maude Ethel CHRISTIE; Born: 2 May 1908, Black Range (Nunngarra), WA; Buried: 5 Mar 1908, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 4/1908 Black Range). Note: First burial in Sandstone Cemetery.

MALONEY Michael – died 7 Apr 1924, at Sandstone, WA, age 57 yrs; Occ: Labourer, Buried 8 Apr 1924, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 3/1924 Black Range).

McCARTHY Ada MELVENA – died 11 May 1911, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 37 yrs; Occ: Housewife; Father: William James RANSOME (Labourer); Mother: Margaret LYONS; Born: 1874, Lexton, VIC; Married: John Martin McCARTHY (Miner), 5 Apr 1893, Ballarat, VIC; Children: Mary Melvina (1893), John Martin (1895), Margaret Cecelia (1897), Thomas William (1898), Robert Ransome (1900), Kathleen (1902), Bartholomew Bernard (1906), Leonard Lenane (1907), Francis Joseph (1908), Patrick Bernard (1911); In WA for 2 yrs; Buried: 12 May 1911, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 6/1911 Black Range). Note: Ada's sons, Leonard and Bernard, are buried with her in the same plot.

McCARTHY John – died 27 Sep 1908, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 42 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: Succumbed to injuries (ribs and lacerated lung) sustained in a cart accident near Yallawon Pool; Occ: Carrier; Born: South Australia; In WA for 12 yrs; Buried 28 Sep 1908, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 19/1908 Black Range). Note: A sister was living in Eastern Goldfields at the time of his death.

Black Range Courier and Sandstone Observer 2 October 1908, page 2

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McCARTHY Leonard Linane – died 27 May 1911, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 3 yrs; Father: John Martin McCARTHY (Miner); Mother: Ada Melvina RANSOME; Born: Jun 1907, Lexton, VIC; In WA for 2 yrs; Buried: 28 May 1911, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 8/1911 Black Range). Note: He is buried with his mother, Ada and brother, Patrick, in the same plot.

McCARTHY Patrick Bernard – died 30 Jun 1911, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 10 wks; Father: John Martin McCARTHY (Miner); Mother: Ada Melvina RANSOME; Born: 1911, Sandstone, WA; Buried: 1 Jul 1911, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 10/1911 Black Range). Note: He is buried with his mother, Ada and brother, Leonard, in the same plot.

McINNES Peter – died 17 Mar 1909, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 52 yrs, Cause: Heart failure; Occ: Builder and Contractor; Father: Charles McINNES; Mother: Mary unknown; Born: 7 Apr 1857, Ballachulish, SCOT; Married: Amy Ann McAllister, 27 Aug 1884, Geelong, VIC; In WA since 1897; Buried: 19 Mar 1909, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 3/1909 Black Range).

McQUEEN John William – died 9 Jul 1914, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 15 mths; Father: James McQUEEN (Miner); Mother: Maud Ellen PEARCE; Born: 1913, Daylesford, VIC; Buried: 10 Jul 1914, PRES, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 8/1914 Black Range).

McSHEA Maurice (aka Morris McSHEEHY) – died 5 Dec 1910, at Paynes Street residence, Sandstone, WA,
age 29 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: Suicide by taking cyanide; Occ: Livery Stable Keeper (at Oroya Palace Hotel); Father: John McSHEEHY (Miner); Mother: Mary HEALY; Born: 14 Oct 1875, Wallaroo, SA; In WA about 5 yrs; Buried: 6 Dec 1910, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 14/1910 Black Range).
Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader 17 December 1910, page 2 - A feeling of deep regret passed over the citizens of Sandstone on Monday morning of last week, when it became known that Mr Maurice McShea, of the Oroya Livery Stables, had been found dead at his residence. He was quite well that morning, but when some friends called on him a few minutes after seeing him in the street they were shocked to find him dead. Dr. Cameron was immediately sent for, bat when he arrived on the scene there was nothing for him to do but to order the removal of the body to the morgue for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death. On Tuesday, the deceased who was very popular and respected by everyone for his many good qualities was buried in the Roman Catholic portion of the Sandstone cemetery, the burial service being impressively read by the Very Rev. Dean Drayne. The funeral was very largely attended.

MILLANE Charles – died 9 Jul 1908, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 56 yrs; Cause: Pneumonia; Occ: Miner; Father: unknown MILLANE; Mother: unknown; Buried: 10 Jul 1908, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 13/1908 Black Range).

MITCHELL Isabella – died 23 Jan 1916, at Mingah Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 64 yrs, Cause: Paralysis of the spinal cord; Father: William GRAY; Mother: Janet MacQUEEN; Born: c. 1852, Old Monkland, Lanark, SCOT; Married Clarke MITCHELL (Labourer), 2 Jun 1876, Baillieston, Glasgow, SCOT; Children: Janet (1879), William (1880), James Forrest (1884); Arrived QLD in 1883, In WA about 23 yrs; Buried: 24 Jan 1916, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 3/1916 Black Range).

Monica Patricia MOFFIT - Photo Find a Grave

MOFFITT Monica Patricia "Pattie" – died 6 Dec 1911, at Sandstone, WA, age 9 mths; Father: Gilbert Tickle MOFFITT; Mother: Sarah Emmeline CONNOLLY; Born: 1911, Lawlers, WA; Buried: 6 Dec 1911, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 18/1911 Black Range).

Mary Hannah MOODY - Photo Find a Grave

MOODY Mary Hannah – died 23 May 1908, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 29 yrs, Spinster, Cause: Haemorrhage of the Stomach; Occ: Housemaid and Waitress; Father: George MOODY; Mother: Martha WILLIAMSON; Born: 28 Sep 1878, Grimsby, Lincolnshire ENG; Arrived in Albany, WA on 21 Jul 1906 from England; Buried: 24 May 1908, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 11/1908 Black Range).
Black Range Courier and Sandstone Observer 29 May 1908, page 2 - A sad death occurred at the hospital on Saturday night last, when Miss Mary Hannah Moody succumbed to a hemorrhage of the stomach. The deceased, who was 29 years of age arrived from England about two years ago and had been a resident of this district for over twelve months, being employed as a housemaid at the National Hotel since early in January and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. When she became so ill a fortnight ago that her removal to the hospital was necessary, all that was possible was done - for her. Dr Keenan and Matron Sutton were unremitting in their attentions, but the patient gradually sank and died at about 10 o'clock on Saturday night Her brother arrived from Bunbury by the coach a few hours before the end came. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon at the Sandstone cemetery in the presence of a large number, of friends. 

MORGAN Arthur James – died 14 Dec 1914, at Black Range Mine, Nunngarra (12km SSW of Sandstone), WA, age 46 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: Fell under a driving wheel; Occ: Engine Driver; Father: James MORGAN; Mother: Matilda KING; Born: 1868, Redhill, Somerset, ENG; Buried: 15 Dec 1914, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 14/1914 Black Range).

MORGAN Thomas Charles – died 29 Nov 1914, at Sandstone, WA, age 32 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: Heart Disease; Occ: Woodcutter; Father: Martin MORGAN (Railway employee); Mother: Ann JONES; Born: 20 May 1882, Macalister, QLD; In WA 7 yrs; Buried 30 Nov 1914, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 11/1914 Black Range).

Nellie Irene NEELANDS - Photo Find a Grave

NEELANDS Nellie Irene – died 27 Dec 1913, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 19 yrs, Cause: Complications from childbirth; Occ: Housewife; Father: John SCOTT; Mother: Ann Kershaw; Born: 11 Jun 1894, Ballarat, VIC; Married Robert John NEELANDS (Miner), 1913,  Montague Range Goldfield, Sandstone Shire, WA; Child: Nellie Irene (1913); Buried: 28 Dec 1913, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 11/1913 Black Range).

NOSKE Mary Jane – died 29 Jul 1909, at Hack's Reef Gold Mine, Sandstone, WA, age 35 yrs, Cause: Nephritis Uraemia (Kidney dysfunction); Occ: Housewife and Private Teacher; Father: Barnett George PORTER (Miner and Woodcutter); Mother: Euphemia CASSON; Born: 1874, Hill End, NSW; Married: Carl August NOSKE (Miner); Children: Dorothy Myrtle Euphemia (1901), Alice Levina Lydia (1903), Carl August (1905), Victor Arnold (1907); In WA for 16 yrs; Buried: 30 Jul 1909, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 9/1909 Black Range).

OLIPHANT George Edward – died 8 Nov 1909, at Mingah Street residence, Sandstone, WA, Cause: Stillborn; Father: John Douglas OLIPHANT (Miner); Mother: Lynda Evelyn MOORE; Buried: 8 Nov 1909, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 12/1909 Black Range).

PARK John – died 22 Nov 1930, age 63 yrs; Occ: Prospector from Jonesville; Buried: 23 Nov 1930, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 1/1930 Black Range).

PASCOE John Thomas died 1 Jun 1944, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 76 yrs; Occ: Prospector; Father: John PASCOE; Mother: Elizabeth MARTIN; Born: 18 Jun 1868, Moonta, SA; Married Mary Elizabeth CARPENTER, 22 Apr 1891, Wallaroo Mines, SA; Children: Ruby Myrtle (1892), Rudolph (1893), Lilly Irene (1894), Edward (1897), Myrtle Silveretta (1906); In WA about 47 yrs; Buried: 2 Jun 1944, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 1/1944 Black Range).

Eric PAUL - Photo Find a Grave

PAUL/PAULL Eric – died 19 Jan 1982, at the Kalgoorlie Hospital, age 65 yrs, Bachelor; Occ: Stationhand; Father: George Robert Baden POWELL (Labourer); Mother: Agnes Mary PAUL; Born: 27 Oct 1917, Perth, WA; Buried: 23 Jan 1982, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 25/1982 East Coolgardie).

PEARSON Sydney Montgomery – died 12 Dec 1910, at Black Range Hospital, Nunngarra (12km SSW of Sandstone), WA, age 27 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: Typhoid Fever; Occ: Cooper (from Sandstone Brewery), Father: Thomas David PEARSON (Commission Merchant); Mother: Margaret Barclay NIVEN; Born: 23 Feb 1883, North Adelaide, SA; In WA since 1906; Buried: 13 Oct 1910, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 15/1910 Black Range).

PIERCE Elizabeth – died 12 Sep 1923, age 71 yrs, at the Sandstone Hospital, Cause: Paralysis and Stroke; Father: Alfred WILSON; Mother: Sarah WALKER; Married: William Bushell PIERCE (Hotelier); Children: Cecilia (1877), William (1887), Michaelmas Henry (1889); Buried: 13 Sep 1923, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 2/1923 Black Range). Note: Her son, William, is buried in the same plot.

PIERCE William – died 13 Jul 1945, at the State Battery, Sandstone, WA, age 58 yrs, Bachelor; Occ: Miner; Father: William Bushell PIERCE (Hotelier); Mother: Elizabeth WILSON; Born: 1887, Auckland, New Zealand; Buried: 15 Jul 1945, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 1/1945 Black Range). Note: He is buried in the same plot as his mother.

PIKE George Franklin – died 21 Mar 1922, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 65 yrs, Bachelor, from Danderega Station; Father: Frederick PIKE; Mother: Mary Ann FRANKLIN; Born: 1857, White Hills, VIC; In WA since 1897; Buried: 22 Mar 1922, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 1/1922 Black Range).

PITMAN John – died 23 Jan 1913, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 60 yrs, Cause: Cancer; Occ: Prospector; Father: unknown PITMAN; Mother: unknown; Buried: 24 Jan 1913, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 2/1913 Black Range).

William POLLARD - Photo Find a Grave

POLLARD William – died 26 Jan 1911, at his residence at the Oroya Mining Lease, age 56 yrs, Cause: Alcoholic Poisoning, Toxaemia and Cardiac Syncope; Occ: Mine Superintendent; Father: William POLLARD; Mother: Mary CLYINO; Born: 1855, Penstraze, Cornwall, ENG; Married: Mary Jane GRAY, 18 Mar 1876, Baldhu, Cornwall, ENG; Children: William Henry (1876), Eusebius "Sid" Gray (1890); In WA for 9 yrs; Buried: 27 Jan 1911, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 1/1911 Black Range).

POSKOVAN Joseph (aka Joso Pascov) – died 17 Dec 1913, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 29 yrs, Cause: Crushed between truck and timber; Occ: Miner; Father: Ante PASCOV; Mother: JAKA MIZAT; Born: Nikola Joso PASKOV, 5 Apr 1884, Prvic Šepurine, Sibenik-Knin, Croatia; Married: Franka SKROZA, 22 Jun 1908, Prvic Šepurine, Sibenik-Knin, Croatia; Buried: 18 Dec 1913, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 10/1913 Black Range).

PRENDERGAST Edmond – Died 30 Oct 1940, at Sandstone, WA, age 87 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: Heart Failure; Occ: Miner; Father: Patrick PRENDERGAST; Mother: Catherine ANGLIM; Born: Coolmoyne, Fethard, Tipperary, IRE; In WA since 1896; Buried: 31 Oct 1940, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 5/1940 Black Range). Note: he is buried in the same plot as his brother, Thomas.

Thomas and Edmond PRENDERGAST - Photo Find a Grave

PRENDERGAST Thomas – died 26 Jun 1926, at Black Range Hospital, Nunngarra (12km SSW of Sandstone), WA, age 70 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: unknown; Occ: Miner; Father: Patrick PRENDERGAST; Mother: Catherine ANGLIM; Born: Coolmoyne, Fethard, Tipperary, IRE; In WA since 1897; Buried: 27 Jun 1926, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 1/1926 Black Range). Note: His brother, Edmond, is buried in the same plot as him.

PROUT Madeline – died 4 Feb 1912, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 50 yrs, Cause: Chronic Heart Disease; Father: unknown; Mother: unknown; Married: unknown PROUT; Buried: 7 Feb 1912, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 4/1912 Black Range).

READ William Henry – died 15 Jul 1928, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 58 yrs, Bachelor; Father: William READ (Expiree/Farmer); Mother: Sarah SHERRY; Born: Bowes, Northampton, WA; Buried: 17 Jul 1928, NON-CONF, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 5/1928 Black Range). Note: He was originally from Dandaragan, WA.

Richard C ROBERTS - Photo Find a Grave

ROBERTS Richard "Dicky" Charles – died 5 Jun 1937, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 78 yrs, Bachelor, Cause: Senility; Occ: Miner; Father: Richard ROBERTS; Mother: Mary BURNS; Born: 3 Mar 1859, Karkulto, Burra, SA; In WA since 1895; Buried: 6 Jun 1937, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 4/1938 Black Range).

ROCHESTER Frank – died 26 Nov 1908, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 7 days, Twin of Mabel, Cause: unknown; Father: Thomas James ROCHESTER (Miner); Mother: Alice Georgina HUMPHREY; Born: 19 Nov 1908, Sandstone, WA; Buried: 27 Nov 1908, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery Reg: 23/1908 Black Range. Note: Hilda and Mabel are also buried in the same plot.

ROCHESTER Hilda Elizabeth – died 22 Apr 1908, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 5 mths, Cause: unknown; Father: Thomas James ROCHESTER (Miner); Mother: Alice Georgina HUMPHREY; Born: Nov 1907, Sandstone, WA; Buried: 23 Apr 1908, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 10/1908 Black Range). Note: She is Buried with Frank and Mabel in the same plot.

ROCHESTER Mabel – died 24 Feb 1909, at Green Street residence, Sandstone, WA, age 3 mths, Twin of Frank, Cause: unknown; Father: Thomas James ROCHESTER (Miner); Mother: Alice Georgina HUMPHREY; Born: 19 Nov 1908, Sandstone, WA; Buried: 25 Feb 1909, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 2/1909 Black Range). Note: She is buried with Frank and Hilda in the same plot.

ROWE Amy Christine – died 1 Mar 1912, at Sandstone, WA, age 23 mths, Cause: Poisoning from sucking on a Daisy Fly Catcher; Father: Edward Heesom ROWE (Fish and produce dealer); Mother: Elizabeth Rosina CROSS; Born: Apr 1910, Sandstone, WA; Buried: 2 Mar 1912, METH, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 5/1912 Black Range).

RYAN Joseph Gerard – died 1 Oct 1909, at Sandstone, WA, Cause: Stillborn; Father: Jeremiah Joseph RYAN (Publican); Mother: Sarah Jane TULLY; Buried: 2 Oct 1909, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 11/1909 Black Range).

RYAN Patrick – died 10 Jun 1909, at the Sandstone Hospital, age 44 yrs, Cause: Pneumonia and Bronchitis; Occ: Prospector; Father: unknown RYAN; Mother: Dora CUMMINS; Buried: 11 Jun 1909, RC, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 6/1909 Black Range).

RYMER Ethel Mary – died 1 Feb 1911, at Black Range Hospital, Nunngarra (12km SSW of Sandstone), WA, age 25 yrs, Cause: Intestinal Obstruction, Toxaemia and Cardiac Syncope; Father: Nicholas George GEORGE; Mother: Janet GARDINER; Born: c.1885, QLD; Married: Arthur RYMER, 5 May 1902, Boulder, WA; Children: Arthur Charles RYMER (1903-1966); In WA for 17 yrs; Buried: 2 Feb 1911, ANG, at the Sandstone Cemetery (Reg: 2/1911 Black Range).