You will agree, that the coincidences are most unusual. So I then started to look for the two marriages, a double ceremony, to two sisters, which it says occurred about 6 months before , so in 1899. I thought this will be easy, and yes! no luck finding this either.
So obviously something was amiss. I then did another search for any mine deaths in 1900 and then in February. The only two names which fitted these dates were Henry UREN and John DAVIDSON. I suppose that at least the date and the name ‘John’ were correct. These two names were already on the register and when I searched them in TROVE, it came up with several articles with the correct names. I am so relieved that they hadn’t been missed and that I finally found them but it look absolutely ages. Mind you, I never did find that double marriage to two sisters in Boulder.
The two men are buried side by side in the Presbyterian section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The next time I am at the cemetery I will go and visit the graves. I’m sure that the information on the weddings will turn up. I hope that we will also find their employee cards in the Lake View and Star Project.
Moya Sharp
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Hi Moya,
Indeed the coincidences are most unusual. They must have been very close. It’s sad.
I’ve noticed that on Trove it takes some time for articels to be online, so I think that the information about the marriage will turn up in the future.
I very much enjoy your posts from outback Family History!!
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Karin Herlaar
Netherlands
Ps. Maby you can post a photo of the graves of the men?
Hi Karin Yes I will indeed find the graves on my next visit to the cemetery and if they have a headstone of will add it to the story. Thank you so much for your kind comments, its much appreciated.
I have included your blog in INTERESTING BLOGS on Friday Fossicking at
http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/friday-fossicking-13th-jan-2017.html
Thank you, Chris
I discovered this blog via Chris’s ‘Friday Fossicking’ post. As I’m sure you know, the gold in Croydon (North Queensland) started to run out at around the time it was discovered in Western Australia, and some people moved to WA because of that. Many miners at Croydon in the 1880s-1890s had been born on the Victorian goldfields or in other mining areas. Hospital admission registers for North Queensland are a super source for family history (and other aspects of history), and I’ve indexed the names of patients at Croydon for 1888-1925 (http://www.judywebster.com.au/croydon.html).
Hi Judy Nice to hear from you, I think that you have my main web site on your index:- http://www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au Yes indeed WA was full of Queenslanders. As the gold slowed down in Ballarat this also saw a huge influx of men into WA. Thank for sending me the link I will keep it in mind.
Moya, when you say ‘I think that you have my main web site on your index’, which index do you mean?