The town of Burbanks was gazetted in 1894, named after W. Burbank who with his mate Sheldon found the first gold there. Possibly due to its close proximity to Coolgardie, it was considered that no cemetery would be gazetted for the town. In consequence, most of those who died at Burbanks were buried in the Coolgardie Cemetery which was 9 miles away.
The following is a list of all the ‘Burbanks’ people, I could find in the
Coolgardie Cemetery, but there could be others.
Burials = 82
Children = 43
ALFORD Thomas William – d 20 May 1980, 73 yrs, at the Coolgardie Nursing Home Occ: Prospector, Born: Burbanks WA, ANG A3.89, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
ALNWICK Charles – d 25 Nov 1901, 29yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: being struck by a timber in the Lady Robinson GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Thomas ALNWICK (Auctioneer) Mother: Annie MULLAND, born Newcastle, NSW, Single, Reg Coolgardie 110/1901, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. MINE DEATH – www.wavmm.com
Charles ALNWICK – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
ANSTEE Mary – d 29 Apr 1905, 7 days, Cause: Premature birth, Father: John Charles Morgan ANSTEE (Miner), Mother: Mary Ravely LONSDALE, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
AUSTIN William – d 1 Jul 1901, 28 yrs, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Lived at Burbanks, WES B88, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
BANKS John – d 17 Jun 1902, 43yrs, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Being caught in the machinery of the Burbank’s Birthday Gift GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Robert Brown BANKS (Collier), Mother: Annabella BALLANTINE, Born: Stevenston Scotland, In NSW 8yrs, in WA 9yrs, Married to Ann ‘Annie’ BOYD in Stevenston Scotland at age 22yrs, Children: Robert 19yrs, Mary 18yrs, Nellie 13 yrs, Thomas 10yrs, Annie 7yrs, Reg Coolgardie 50/1902, PRES B21, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com
John BANKS – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
BENNETT Daniel – d 19 Sep 1899, 37yrs, Cause: Accidently burnt to death in camp at Burbanks, (See Donald CHISHOLM entry), Occ: Carpenter, Father: John BENNETT (Warder), Mother: Mary CUNNINGHAM, Born: Sydney NSW, In NSW and VIC 3 mths in WA 1 month, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
BOAG Robert Henry – d 30 Aug 1900, 3yrs, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: Robert Paterson BOAG (Miner), Mother: Maud Arabella WILD, Born: New Zealand, Reg Coolgardie 88/1900, ANG E 54, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Robert H BOAG – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
BOASE John – d 7 Mar 1902, 20yrs, Occ: Woodcutter, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: William BOASE (Miner), Mother Lucy COLSON, Born: Daylesford VIC, 13 Sep 1881, in VIC 20yrs in WA 8mths, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
BOLTON George – d 29 Nov 1902, 42yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause Phthisis, Father: Joseph BOLTON (Miner), Mother: Rachel FOSTER, Born: Dudley, Northumberland England, In NSW 9yrs, in WA 7yrs, Married to Elizabeth PARKER in Lambton NSW at age 29yrs, Children: Malster George William 2yrs, Reg Coolgardie 92/1902, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1954), Saturday 28 November 1903 – IN MEMORIAM. BOLTON — In loving memory of my dear husband, George Bolton, born Westmoore, England, well known in Newcastle district. Died at Burbanks, Western Australia, November 29, 1902. Farewell, dear wife, my life is past, Truly thou loved me to the last. Weep not for me nor sorrow take, But love my children for my sake. We saw you suffer day by day, Which caused us bitter grief, To see you slowly pine away, And could not give relief, Cold lies the heart that once beat so loudly, Sadly we miss his fond loving care, Our home is now lonely, that once was so happy, For no loving husband or father is there, It was hard to part from my husband, and father we loved so dear, A greater trial is not known. Nor sorrow more severe. — Inserted by his loving wife, Elizabeth Bolton, and two children.
George BOLTON – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
BRADY Johanna – d 11 Nov 1902, 39yrs, Cause: Embolism of heart, Father: Daniel WAGNER (Farmer), Mother: Catherine MACKINALLY, Born: SA, In SA 34yrs, in NSW 3 yrs, in WA 2yrs, Married to Philip BRADY in Broken Hill NSW at age 26yrs, Children: Daniel 9yrs, Philip Thomas 4 yrs, James Joseph 2yrs, Fanny and Catherine Johanna 30hrs, Reg Coolgardie 88/1902, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
BRYCE unnamed male – d 1 Feb 1904, Born Burbanks, Cause: Stillborn, Father: William Dougald BRYCE (Miner), Mother: Maud Mary ARTHUR, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
CHISHOLM Donald – d 20 Sep 1899, 39 yrs, Cause: Accidently burnt to death in camp at Burbanks, Father: Donald CHISHOLM, Mother: Mary McDONALD, PRES A91, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
The Sun 29 October 1899 – SLY-GROG AT BURBANKS.
It is just a little over a month since two unfortunate, men, Bennett and Chisholm, lost their lives at Burbanks by being practically roasted to death. A formal coronial inquiry of course was held, but the true cause of the fearful fatality, was never brought to light. Yet the police are sure things were hushed up. Reference is made to the shanty and shanty-keeper from whom Bennett and Chisholm obtained the liquor which was the means of their untimely end. This drinking den is still in existence, doing the same roaring trade that it has been doing for months past. It is kept by a man named Thomas Bell, whose nefarious business is not only known to the police but to Professor Nicholas, the manager of Burbanks mine. The worthy Professor must be aware that the existence of a gambling hell and drink dispensary on his lease places the property in jeopardy of being jumped. Such is the case, and it might be a lesson to indifferent managers if an occasional lease was forfeited. Now that the authorities have been given a hint, they should lose no time in doing their duty.
CLARK Robert – d 16 Dec 1899, 3 yrs, Cause: Burning accident at Burbanks, Father: Robert Christy CLARK, Mother: Mary Ann COFFEY, PRES A35, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
CLARK Sarah – d 14 Dec 1899, 15 months, Cause: Burning accident at Burbanks, Father: Robert Christy CLARK (Miner) Mother: Mary Ann COFFEY, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
CLARKE Alexander – d 26 Dec 1908, 4 days, Cause: Heat Exhaustion, Father: Arthur CLARKE (Miner), Mother: Anais RIVIERE, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
The parents of Alexander and William CLARKE – Standing: Charles Herbert, Eugenia Victoria, John Arthur. Seated: Robert, Anais (Mother), Edith, Arthur (Father), Angus c 1910 – Photo Ancestry.com
CLARKE William – d 5 Jan 1908, 11 months, Cause: Diarrhoea, Father: Arthur CLARKE (Miner), Mother: Anais RIVIERE, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
COCKBURN unnamed male – d 24 Feb 1902, Cause: Stillborn, Father: James Wylie COCKBURN (Miner), Mother: Sarah Ann MURRAY, Reg Coolgardie 18/1902, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
COCKING John – d 7 Mar 1896, 30 yrs, at Burbanks, Born: Porthtowan, Cornwall in 1866, Reg 142/1896 Coolgardie, WES A61, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
John COCKING -Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
CRUIKSHANK Eliza – d 30 Mar 1903, 54 yrs, Married Woman, Father: Joseph HIBBS, Mother: GODDARD, from Burbanks, PRES B29, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
DELFS Henrich Victor William – d 4 Jun 1919, 33yrs, at the Birthday Gift GM Burbanks, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Fell from the roof of battery shed, Father: Henrich DELFS (Merchant), Mother: Alma HEMMERMAN, Born: Hamburg Germany, 12 yrs in WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com
Kalgoorlie Miner 5 June 1919, page 2
FATALITY AT BURBANKS – A fatal accident occurred at Burbanks this afternoon. Mr Victor Heinrich Delfs, in the employ of Mr Arthur Murray, was removing the iron from the battery shed on the old Burbanks Birthday Gift mine. He was standing on a piece of 4 x 2 timber, about 30 ft. up and apparently, the timber gave way, precipitating him to the ground. In falling he struck the back of his head, which was badly smashed, death being instantaneous. The body was brought to the morgue this afternoon. The deceased was a single man, about 35 years of age.
DUNSTAN Elizabeth – d 14 Aug 1903, 10yrs, at Grand Junction, Burbanks, Cause: Diphtheria, Father: Samuel DUNSTAN (Carpenter), Mother: Catherine Jane HUGGETT, Born: Cohuna VIC, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
ELLIS James – d 8 Feb 1898, 52yrs, Cause: Miners Phthisis, Father: William ELLIS (Miner), Mother: Cordelia ROBERTS, Born: St Just, Cornwall, England, in WA 2yrs 6mths, Married to Mary WHITE in Bendigo VIC at age 25yrs, Children: Cordelia Jane 24yrs, Huberta Mary 18yrs, William John 16yrs, WES A133, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Ellis James and memorial to Ellis Mary died Bendigo 11 Dec 1922 – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
FITZPATRICK Joseph – d 14 Dec 1903, 1 hour, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: Henry FITZPATRICK (Miner), Mother: Emma Jane BUCK, WES B32, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
FREEMAN Ethel – d 19 Aug 1900, 22 months, from Burbanks, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: William FREEMAN (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth Ann OWEN, Born: Smiths Mill, WA, Reg Coolgardie 82/1900, ANG E56, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
FREEMAN Walter – d 4 Oct 1908, 1 month, Cause: Convulsions, Father: William FREEMAN (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth Ann OWEN, Born: Burbank’s WA, ANG E,56, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
GEMMELL Jessie Lilian Edna – d 31 May 1904, 16 months, from Burbanks, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: Stewart GEMMELL (Labourer), Mother: Katherine MCKNIGHT, Born: Broken Hill NSW, PRES B36, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
GODDARD William Victor – d 1 Dec 1904, 10 months, ANG A2.9, Father: Phillip William GODDARD, Mother: Lucy PERICKETH, Born at Burbanks, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
GRAINGER unnamed male – d 27 Jun 1901, from Burbanks, Cause: Stillborn, Died in Coolgardie, Father: Richard GRAINGER (Miner), Mother: Jane Park CAMERON, WES B79, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
GRANTHAM Myrtle – d 20 Oct 1905, 5 weeks, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: Charles Joel GRANTHAM (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth June FREEMAN, ANG B2.15, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
GRANTHAM unnamed female – d 10 Jul 1906, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Charles Joel GRANTHAM (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth June FREEMAN, B2.15, Reg 41/1906 Coolgardie, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
GREEN Walter James – 8 Apr 1907, 1 month, at Burbanks, Cause: Jaundice, Father: William Henry GREEN (Miner), Mother: Clara Elizabeth CRUDACE, Born: Burbanks, WA, Reg: 20/1907 Coolgardie ANG, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Walter James GREEN – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
HART Frank – d 15 Feb 1900, 33 yrs, from Burbanks, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Parents unknown, Born: Parramatta NSW, In NSW 29yrs, In WA 3yrs, ANG E26, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HEPBURN Robert Dennison ‘Denis’ – d 13 Feb 1908, 30yrs, Cause: Killed by a fall of earth in the Birthday Gift GM, Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father: James HEPBURN (Book Keeper), Mother: Fanny Caroline CHERRY, Born: Ballarat VIC, in VIC 18yrs, in WA 6mths, Married to Caroline BOYD in Perth WA at age 21yrs, Children: Hazel Daisy May 8yrs, Ivy Elsie Violet 6yrs, ANG C2.35, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
Robert D HEPBURN – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
Robert D HEPBURN – Photo Ancestry.com
HERN Mary Olive – d 23 Mar 1901, 9 months, Cause: Marasmus, Father: Edward HERN (Miner), Mother: Mary CURRY, Born: WA, Reg Coolgardie 27/1901, R/C B24, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HICKEY Thomas Henry – d 7 Jan 1899, 21yrs, at Burbanks, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause: Aortic regurgitation, Father: Thomas HICKEY (Blacksmith), Mother: Eliza MILES, Born: Clunes VIC, In VIC 20yrs, in WA 6mths, R/C C40, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HICKEY William Andrew – d 24 Nov 1898, 29yrs, at Burbanks, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause: Typhoid, Father: Thomas HICKEY (Blacksmith), Mother: Eliza MILES, Born: Clunes VIC, in VIC 28yrs, in WA 1yr, Married to Mary Ann MORALEE in Clunes VIC at age 26yrs, Children: Adelthia 4yrs, R/C C39, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HILLIER Herodias ‘Rhoda’ – d 2 Jan 1914, 67yrs, Widow, Cause: Intestinal Cancer, Father: William JORDAN (Carpenter), Mother: Hannah BAKER, Born: Leighton Buzzard, Buckingham, England 1845, in NSW 50yrs, in WA 15 yrs, Married to William HILLIER in Muswellbrook, NSW at age 19yrs, Children: James William 47, George Henry 43, Charles Richard 41, Albert 35, Ernest Alfred Reuben 34, Ada Emily 31, Herbert 29, Amos Walter 23, Deceased 2 males. Meth C22, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HILLIER Herodias – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
HILLIER unnamed female – d 29 Mar 1907, Cause: Stillborn, Father: James William HILLIER (Miner), Mother: Annie Mary HILL, ANG E53, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HILLIER Vera Irene – b 11 Aug 1900, 4 months, at Burbanks, Father: James William HILLIER, Mother: Annie Mary HILL, ANG E53, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HILLIER William – d 8 Oct 1905, 71yrs, Occ: Sawyer, Cause: Carcinoma of stomach, Father: William HILLIER (Sawyer), Mother: Sarah DEED, Born: Islington, London England, in NSW 36yrs, in WA 12yrs, Married to Heriodias JORDAN in Kayuga, NSW at age 30yrs, Children: James William 39yrs, George Henry 35, Charles Richard 33, Albert 27, Ernest Alfred Reuben 26, Emily Ada 24, Herbert 21, Walter Amos 14. WES C22, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HILLIER – Coolgardie Miner 10 October 1905, page 2
HOBBA Dulcie – d 3 Mar 1930, 34 yrs, Married Woman, Father: William Andrew HICKEY, Mother: Mary Ann MORALEE from Burbanks, ANG F4.84, Reg 33/1930 East Coolgardie, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HOBBA Gladys Francis – d 21 May 1912, 9 months, Cause: Acute Enteritis, Father: Henry Pascoe HOBBA (Miner), Mother: Annie SMALL, Born: Burbanks, WA, WES C56, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Father of Gladys and Julia HOBBA -Henry Pascoe HOBBA – Father of Photo Ancestry.com
HOBBA Julia Ellen – d 17 Apr 1913, 6 days, Cause: Cerebral pressure, Father: Henry Pascoe HOBBA (Miner), Mother: Annie SMALL, Born: Burbanks, WA, METH C56, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
HOLDING Ralph – d 1 Mar 1901, 52yrs, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Caught in belting while oiling machinery at the Birthday Gift Mine Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father: Thomas HOLDING (Contractor), Mother Elizabeth WINTER, Born: Liverpool England, In VIC 40yrs in WA 5yrs, Married to Mary GORDON in VIC at age 30yrs, Children: Thomas Clive Winter 21yrs, Elizabeth Douglas 19yrs, Ralph Claud Gordon 14yrs, Reg Coolgardie 22/1901, ANG E71, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 5 March 1901, page 15
JONES Florence Delia – d 24 Nov 1905, 1 year, Cause: Heat Exhaustion, Father: Charles Henry JONES (Miner), Mother: Mary CARMODY, Born: Burbanks, WA, ANG B2.29, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
JONES Mary Elizabeth Pretoria – d 29 Mar 1903, 6 months, from Burbanks, Cause: Diarrhoea, Father: Richard Thomas Mann JONES (Hotelkeeper), Mother: Mary Ethel CROWLEY, Born: Burbanks WA, R/C D40, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
KENNEDY James Lawrence – d 11 Jun 1908, 36yrs Occ: Miner, Cause: Self-inflicted gunshot wound, Verdict of Coroner, Father: George KENNEDY (Blacksmith), Mother: Mary O’BRIEN, Born: Kilmore VIC, in VIC 24yrs, in WA 12yrs, Married to Catherine KIERCE in Ballarat VIC at age 24yrs, Children: James 10yrs, Francis 8yrs, Winnifred 1yr, GEN A64, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
KENNEDY – Geraldton Express 12 June 1908, page 2
LOCK Frank – d 27 May 1907, 49 yrs, Cause: Fell down a mine shaft at the Birthday Gift GM, Father: Aron LOCK (Carpenter), Mother: Emma THOMSON, Born: Adelaide SA, ANG C2.12, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
LYONS unnamed male – d 18 Aug 1901, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Alfred LYONS (Miner), Mother: Maggie TIERNEY, Reg Coolgardie 91/1901, R/C A100, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
MALONEY John ‘Jack’ – d 22 Aug 1921, 44 yrs, Occ: Grazier, Cause: Suicide by shooting himself whilst temporarily insane, Verdict of Coroner, Father: Lott MALONEY (Farmer), Mother: Catherine O’SULLIVAN, Born: Araluen, NSW, in NSW 19yrs, In WA 25yrs, Single, R/C F50, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
John MALONEY – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
MALONEY Michael John Cleveland – b 23 Jan 1937, 31 years, at Burbanks, Cause: Heart failure, Occ: Prospector Reg 25/1937 East Coolgardie, R/C F19, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
MALONEY unnamed male – d 8 Aug 1904, Cause: Stillborn, from Burbanks, Father: Michael MALONEY (Butcher), Mother: Kathleen O’CONNELL, R/C D56, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
MATHERS Daniel – d 13 Jul 1897, 28 yrs, Accidently Killed in Sherlaw’s GM, Burbanks Mine, Stone falling down shaft striking him and breaking his spine, Father: James MATHERS, Mother: Bridget CROW, Married to Rose LESTER in Coolgardie 1897, Born: Kyneton, Victoria R/C C.76, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
MCDONALD Rebecca Ann – d 17 May 1900, 34yrs, from Burbanks, Cause: Incomplete abortion, Father: Joseph COUSINS (Miner), Mother: Margaret DAVIES, Born: South Wales, England, in NSW 13yrs, in WA 2yrs, Married to Thomas McDONALD in Newcastle NSW at age 21yrs, Children: Blodwen 12yrs, Thomas 10yrs, Margaret 7yrs, William Joseph 5yrs, ANG E51, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Rebecca Ann MCDONALD – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
MCENTEE unnamed male – d 24 Dec 1898, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Michael McENTEE (Miner), Mother: Marlen WHITFORD, Born: Coolgardie, WA, GEN A1.3, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
MCFADDEN Thomas – d 15 Aug 1901, 1 month, Cause: Measles, Father: Thomas McFADDEN (Butcher), Mother: Annie COLLINS, Born: Burbanks, WA, Reg Coolgardie 85/1901, R/C D10, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
MCLEAN Allan – d 27 Mar 1907, 56yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Phthisis, Father: Duncan McLEAN (Shepherd), Mother: Catherine McLEOD, Born: Scotland, in NSW 2 yrs, In VIC 35yrs, in WA 9yrs, Married to Ann YOUNG in Eaglehawk VIC at age 26yrs, Children: Catherine 27, Mary Young 26, William 21, Thomas Duncan 18, Alan Alexander 16, PRES B57, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
McLean Allan – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
MCLEAN Glenville George Hector – d 7 Nov 1907, 20 months, Cause: Meningitis, Father: George Walker MCLEAN (School Teacher), Mother: Mary SPRIGG, Born: Wagin, WA, PRES B54, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Glenville G H McLEAN – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
MCPARLIN Jane – d 2 Aug 1919, 80 yrs, Father: James MCKEGNEY, Mother: Sarah CASSIDY from Burbanks, R/C E98, Reg 55/1919 Boulder, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
NANCARROW Olive Muriel – d 13 May 1903, 4 months, Cause: Ill health since birth, Father: James NANCARROW (Miner), Mother: Ellen Edith IVES, Born: Eaglehawk, VIC, ANG F29, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
NOONAN unnamed female – d 4 Apr 1907, Cause: Premature birth/Stillborn, Father: Michael NOONAN (Publican), Mother: Mary Ann KENNEDY, GEN A26, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
NORTHANSEN George Lawrence Frederick – d 6 Jul 1899, 8 months, from Burbanks, Cause: Tubercular Peritonitis, Father: Charles Ludwig NORTHANSEN (Miner), Mother: Sarah COCKERILL, Born: Burbanks WA, Reg Coolgardie 100/1899, WES B26, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
PARK William – d 28 Apr 1901, 21yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause Typhoid, Father: John Jack PARK (Miner), Mother: Mary THORN, Born: Ayrshire, Scotland, in NSW 12 yrs, in WA 4yrs, PRES A90, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
PARK – Photo Find a Grave
In Memoriam – PARK – In loving memory of
William Park who died at Burbanks April 28 1901
One weary year has passed and gone,
Our grief no tongue can tell
Since parting with our brother dear
In a long and sad farewell
As we looked upon your face dear brother
The tears bedimmed our eyes
For Oh! It was so hard to think
We could not say Good Bye
Inserted by his loving father, Mother, Brother and Sister.
PASSFIELD Henry – d 7 Apr 1897, 34yrs, Cause Degeneration of heart, Father: Charles PASSFIELD (Farmer), Mother Harriet STACEY, Born: Macclesfield, SA, in SA 28yrs, 2 yrs in WA, Married to Annie STEWART in Melbourne VIC at age 27yrs, no children, WES A81, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
PEATE Isaac- d 14 Nov 1897, 42 yrs, Accidently killed Burbanks Mine, Struck by a falling stone which was dislodged by a man entering the shaft Father: Stephen PEATE (Hotel Keeper), Mother: Elizabeth DEWSNAP, Married to Henrietta WOOD in England in 1880, Child: Lena Eva Peate born 1888, ANG D18, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
PICKUP Abraham ‘Abe’ – d 15 Jun 1917, 56yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Arterial Sclerosis, Father: Abraham PICKUP (Farmer), Mother: Ann MALONE, Born: Rochdale, Lancashire, England, in NSW 9yrs, in WA 22yrs, Married twice: 1st to Mary Ellen ATTWOOD in Newcastle NSW, 2nd to Mary Ann HICKEY in Burbanks WA at age 45yrs, Children from 1st Marriage – Jane 29yrs and 1 deceased male. ANG F3.11, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Kalgoorlie Miner 21 June 1917, page 4 – Funeral of the Late Mr. Abe Pickup— The funeral of the late Abraham (Abe) Pickup, of Burbanks, took place on Sunday afternoon last. There was a large attendance at the graveside, evidencing the respect in which the deceased was held. The remains were interred in the Anglican portion of the Coolgardie Cemetery, the Rev. Canon Brewis conducting the funeral service. The pallbearers were Messrs. R. Wearmouth, W. Bowden, R. Finn, and H. Fitzpatrick. Wreaths and floral tributes were numerous. The deceased had been a resident of Burbanks for about 20 years, and his many good qualities earned him the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He had been suffering from pneumonia for some weeks, and heart trouble supervening. He passed away on Saturday last. The deceased was part proprietor of the Burbanks-Ivanhoe G.M.L. Recently his only son, Jerry, was killed in action in France, and it is thought that the sad news hastened his demise.
PURDY Catherine – d 28 Sep 1918, 89 yrs, Widow, from Burbanks, Cause: Senile decay, Father: James HICKEY (Soldier), Mother: Catherine CANE, Born: Launceston, TAS, in TAS 8yrs, in VIC 56yrs, in WA 17yrs, married in Melbourne VIC to Samuel PURDY at age 22yrs, 12 children, ANG F3.49, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Catherine PURDY – Photo Ancestry.com
REDFERN William – d 16 Dec 1904, 7 weeks, Cause: Infantile diarrhoea, Father: John REDFERN (Miner), Mother: Susan BIRD, ANG A2.23, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
REGAN Mary – d 11 Apr 1901, 47 yrs, Cause: Carcinoma of breast, Father: John COONEY (Civil Servant), Mother: Catherine DURACK, Born: Launceston TAS, In TAS 15yrs, in NSW 18yrs, in VIC 8yrs, in WA 6yrs, Married twice: 1st to George H…..? in Deniliquin NSW at age 18yrs, 2nd to Hubert REGAN in Launceston TAS at age 33yrs, Children: 1st Marr – Mary 27yrs, William Patrick 22yrs, John Albert Edward 18yrs, 2nd Marr – John 13yrs, Hubert Edward 10yrs, George Augustus 7yrs, Reg Coolgardie 34/1901, R/C D15, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
REGAN – Coolgardie Miner 11 April 1902, page 2
ROGERS Edward James – d 27 May 1909, 43 yrs, at the Burbanks Birthday Gift Main Load GM, Cause: struck on the head by the starting lever of the air compressor, Father: Thomas ROGERS, Mother: Elizabeth OATEY, Married to Mary-Jane DUNSTAN in Vic in 1891, Children: Irene Elizabeth born 1892 – Arthur Thomas born 1893 – Edward Dunstan born 1895, WES C77, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com
Edward J ROGERS – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
ROGERS Frederick William – d 19 Jul 1899, 21 months, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: Frederick William RODGERS (Miner), Mother: Emma Jane BUCK, Born: Maryborough, VIC, Reg Coolgardie 106/1899, WES B32, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
ROGERS Frederick William – d 9 Apr 1901, 34yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Phthisis, Father: John RODGERS (Carpenter), Mother: Margaret CAMERON, Born: Carisbrook, VIC, in VIC 30yrs, In WA 4yrs, Married to Emma Jane BUCK in VIC at age 26yrs, Reg Coolgardie 32/1901, WES B.32, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Coolgardie Miner 9 April 1902
Released from sorrow sin and pain
And freed from every care
Bye angels’ hands to heaven conveyed
To rest forever there
We miss thee from your home dear Fred
We miss thee from thy place
A shadow o’er of life is cast
We miss the sunshine of they face
We miss the kind and willing hand
Thy fond and earnest care
Our home is dark without thee
We miss thee everywhere
Inserted by his loving wife, mother-in-law, brother and sister-in-law.
ROTHON William Francis – d 10 Dec 1900, 9 months, Cause: Bowels, Father: Albert Edward ROTHON (Hairdresser), Mother: Susan Loretta REILLY, Born: Burbanks, Reg Coolgardie 124/1900, ANG D28, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
William F ROTHON – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
RYAN John Thomas – d 6 Nov 1912, 39yrs, Died at the Burbanks Hotel, Burbanks, Occ: Miner, Cause: Drowned while having a bath, Verdict of the Coroner, Married but details not known, R/C E11, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
John Thomas RYAN – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
SCAHILL unnamed male 1st born of twins – d 15 Oct 1909, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor), Mother: Amy STOCKLEY, twin to Ronald Stockley SCAHILL, GEN A29, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
SCAHILL Ronald Stockley 2nd born of twins -d 19 Nov 1909, 5 weeks, Cause: Premature birth, Father: Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor), Mother: Amy STOCKLEY, R/C B.32, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
SCAHILL Grave – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
SHAW Charles Bertram Clive – d 1 Jul 1911, 5 months, Cause: Chronic Enteritis, Father: Harry Macklin SHAW (Miner), Mother Julia THORNTON, Born: Burbanks, WA, ANG F2.7, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
SOUTH Ernest John – d 13 Feb 1908, 32 years, Cause: Killed by a fall of earth in the Birthday Gift GM, Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father: John SOUTH (Farmer), Mother: Mary HOLMES, Married to Jane ARMSTRONG, Children: Ernest William SOUTH, Born Scone NSW, in NSW 22years, in WA 10years, Reg 18/1908/Coolgardie, ANG C2.37, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
SOUTH Ernest William – d 20 Apr 1907, 1 year, Cause: Diarrhoea, Father: Ernest John SOUTH (Miner), Mother: Jane ARMSTRONG, Born: Kalgoorlie, WA, ANG C2.5, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
THOMAS Frederick William George – d 2 Jul 1903, 2yrs, Cause: Bronco Pneumonia, Father: Frederick THOMAS (Miner), Mother: Esther BUCK, Born: Burbanks, WA, WES B101, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Coolgardie Miner 17 Jul 1903
The Little cot is empty now
The little clothes laid by
A mothers hope, a fathers joy
In deaths cold arms does lie
Go little pilgrim to thy home
On yonder blissful shore
We miss you here, but hope to come
Where though hast gone before
Sleep on in thy beauty, thou sweet angel child
By sorrow unblighted, by sin undefiled,
There’s a home for little children
Above the bright blue sky
Inserted by his loving parent and and Grandma E Buck
TOEY unnamed female – d 25 Jul 1913, Cause: Stillborn, Born at Burbanks. Father: Albert CUNNINGHAM, Mother Elsie Maud HILLIER, Reg 34/1913 Coolgardie, ANG E53, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
WEARMOUTH unnamed female – d 7 Feb 1914, Born: Burbanks, Cause: Stillborn, Father: John WEARMOUTH (Storekeeper), Mother: Fanny Edith EDWARDS, METH C139, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
WILSON Elizabeth – d 7 Mar 1899, 25yrs, at the Coolgardie Hospital, from Burbanks, Cause: Dysentery and Typhoid, Father: George DRAPER (Miner), born Tasmania, in TAS for 24yrs, in WA 15mths, Married to Alexander WILSON in Clunes VIC at age 21, Children: Alexander 2yrs, Elda May 7 weeks, WES B12, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
Elizabeth WILSON – Coolgardie Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave
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