On the 3rd July 1910 Jeremiah Minehan was buried in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. He was 37yrs old. He was the son of Jeremiah Minehan and Elizabeth WEST. In 1904 in Young NSW he married Hannora ‘Norah’ Isabella KENNY, they had two children, Thomas John (b 1904) and Martin John (b1906), both born in Boulder WA.
Jeremiah Minehan Grave Kalgoorlie Cemetery taken 1910
Westralian Worker – Friday 8 July 1910, page 4
Mainly for Miners By “Grafter.”
A deplorable accident happened at the. Horseshoe mine on Thursday morning, when Jeremiah Minehan met his death in a mishap whilst engaged in skidding a shaft.
By some means or other one of the runners became jammed under a set piece, causing it to break in two. The deceased must have been struck by the piece, and fell against the side of the shaft with his head under the set, the result being a broken neck
He was a very old hand on the mine, and a very old unionist, and a man well esteemed by his friends and acquaintances. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon in the Kalgoorlie cemetery. The Miners’ Union were represented by Messrs. Butler, Munsie, McCarthy, Green Dodd and Hurley.
Kalgoorlie Miner 2 July 1910 page 6
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie
Jermiah Minehan – Kalgoorlie Cemetery – Photo by Danelle Warnock taken 2020
As you will see the grave is in excellent condition after 110 years. Unfortunately all but the two largest Imortelles have been removed. This is a common occurrence, as rarely do they all survive. There is a little damage to the inscription but it is still readable.
Jeremiah’s wife Hannora, remarried in Sydney NSW in 1916 to George J FINDLAY.
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