Peak Hill Cemetery
120 kms north of Meekatharra
25°37’44.5 , 118°45’03.6
Compiled with the help of Joan Peters
80 known burials
There are said to be about 100 burials in the cemetery.
NOTE: There are 9 names in ‘RED’ these are not confirmed as buried in Peak Hill
Cemetery, but they all died in Peak Hill and cannot be found buried elsewhere.
Peak Hill Cemetery – photo Joan Peters
ARMSTRONG J H, Police Constable — d 20 Dec 1898
J H Armstrong – photo Phil Bianchi
Installation of a commemorative plaque, on behalf of the WA Police Service and the WA Police Union, to commemorate the death of Police Constable J H Armstrong, who died at Peak Hill on 20 December 1898; whilst serving as a policeman. On the 3rd August 2010 Phil Bianchi and Dave and Margaret Morton erected a wooden cross, with a plaque affixed, as a tribute to Constable J H Armstrong, who died at Peak Hill on 20 December 1898; whilst serving as a policeman.
Note: there appears to be an error made on this marker. The “J H Armstrong Regimental No 426 ” as quoted is not buried here. This information relates to James Hamilton Armstrong who actually served with the Water Police and while the service dates are correct he is buried in the St. John’s Anglican Churchyard Fremantle which no longer exists. It was found to relate to another officer of a similar initials who did serve in this area.
BARLOW Patrick James — d 1900, 30yrs, Born: 1871 in WA, Father: John Barlow, Mother: Mary Hogan, Cause: Dysentery, Reg 1480/1900, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. – Patrick Barlow was the youngest son of eight children of John Barlow Convict and Mary Hogan who came from Ireland and arrived on a Bride Ship. His mother Mary died when he was two years of and his father remarried to Bridget Ryan and they had seven more children.
BARRETT John Edward ‘Jack’ Dr — d 6 Feb 1916, 49yrs 3 mths, Born 15 Oct 1866 at Emerald Hill, Victoria, Father: James BARRETT, Mother: Catherine EDKINS, Married twice, 1st to Annie Jessie JOHNSON in 1892 in Melbourne VIC, 2nd to Annie Elisa BELL in 1907 VIC, 1 child from 1st marriage, Reg No: Peak Hill 1/1916, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
BARRETT John Edward- photo Joan Peters
J E Barrett – Photo Find a Grave
BENNETT Michael — d 1909, 25yrs, Licensee of the Club Hotel, Peak Hill, Married to Eliza Ann MAUNDER in Cue WA in 1899, Reg 4/1909, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
BENNINGTON William Raymond ‘Nugget” — d 21 Oct 1909, 32yrs, at Peak Hill GM, Occ Miner, Cause Explosion of unexploded fracture, Born: 1877 in Warrnambool VIC, Father: Samuel BENNINGTON, Mother: Ellen CASEY, Cause: William Bennington was accidentally killed in the Peak Hill Mine, he was buried on Friday, 22nd, at the local cemetery. The coffin was followed by a goodly cortege of friends, and the service was impressively carried out by Dr. McNaughton, Reg Peak Hill 3/1909, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 23 October 1909, page 2
Mining Fatality at Peak Hill
MAN’S HEAD SHATTERED.
RESULT OF A MISFIRE
A frightful accident occurred at the Peak Hill Company’s mine, on Thursday, which cast quite a gloom over the town, when it became known that William Bennington, a miner, familiarly known as “Nugget”, had been killed. It appears the deceased had put in his last charge for the day, and, thinking it had misfired he returned to the stope, when the charge exploded blowing the top of his head off, while one thumb and the breast were scorched. He had evidently been leaning over the hole at the time and had his coat on ready to leave, The clothes were torn to ribbons. Bennington was a quiet, steady, and reticent man about 30 years of age. He is supposed to have been a native of Victoria, and has relatives at Warrnambool. The accident happened at about four o’clock.
BOTTRELL Horace Harcourt — d 5 Sep 1912, 31yrs, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Fire in his camp, Born: 14 Mar 1881, Daylesford, VIC, Father: John Henry BOTTRELL, Mother: Isabella WALLACE, Reg: Peak Hill 3/1912, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. NOTE: He was disinterred and re-buried at the Coberg, Pine Ridge Cemetery, VIC on 19 Oct 1913 with his parents.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 14 September 1912 – In connection with the burning fatality at Peak Hill, mentioned in our last issue, by which Horace Bottrell lost his life while asleep in his camp, we have since learned the deceased was a native of Coburg, Victoria, a single man, about 30 years of age. He was well known in Day Dawn and Cue under the name of W. Bowman, and worked on the Great Fingall mine for four or five years as a boiler cleaner. The deceased was very popular and much respected. After leaving Day Dawn Botterell went to Leonora, thence to Lake Way and on to Peak Hill, where he has been prospecting for some time.
BRENNAN John — d 1911, 40yrs, Father: James Brennan, Reg Peak Hill 2/1912, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
BROWN Forrest Kenneth — d 1906, 43yrs, Father: Kenneth BROWN, Mother: Dircky WITTENOOM, Reg 4/1906, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
BUTTERTON John — d 1899, 55yrs, Reg 1465/1899, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
BYRNE Denis — d 24 Dec 1908, 46yrs, at Club Hotel, Peak Hill, Cause: Natural Causes, Inquest held. Reg 7/1908, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
CAMPBELL William — d 1906, 38yrs, Reg 3/1906, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
CARR Thomas — d 1914, 28yrs, Reg 2/1914, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
CHAMBERS Gertrude Ada — d 1907, 4 days, at Peak Hill, Born: 29 Jan 1907, Father: Geoffrey CHAMBERS, Mother: Ada Sarah ROBINSON, Reg Peak Hill 1/1907, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
CHENU Fred — d 1900, 55yrs, Inflammation of the liver at Peak Hill Hospital, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
COLE William Reginald Lionel — d 27 Mar 1910, at Peak Hill, Born: 1910, Father: William PETERS (illegitimate son), Mother: Louisa BOWENS, Reg Peak Hill 1/1910, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
COPELAND Edward Vernon Ware — d 1903, 1yr, Father: Thomas Edward COPELAND, Mother: Leena Grace BIRCH, Reg 1733/1903, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
CORRIE unnamed female — d 1909, Stillborn, Father: Walter Ernest CORRIE, Mother: Ada WRIGHT, Reg Peak Hill 5/1909, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
DAVIS Ronald Birrell — d 1902, 3mths, Father: Edgar Albert DAVIS, Mother: Julia O’BRIEN, Reg 1797/1902, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
DEMPSEY Richard — d 1910, 38yrs, Reg Peak Hill 3/1910, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
DOSE Henry William — d 9 Jun 1926, 73yrs, at his camp half a mile from Peak Hill, Born: Germany, Father: Henri DOSE, Cause: Senile decay, died in his sleep, Occ: Miner, Reg Peak Hill 2/1926, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
DUNBAR Henry — d 1st May 1909, 32yrs, died at Peak Hill from heart failure. Reg Peak Hill 2/1909, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Henry DUNBAR – Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 12 June 1909, page 2
ERWIN Thomas Pearson — d 6 Apr 1910, 42yrs, at Peak Hill, Cause Pneumonia, Occ: Storekeeper, Father: John ERWIN, He left £1000 to Harold William HENSMAN, Reg Peak Hill 2/1910, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 12 April 1910, page 2
News was received in Cue on Saturday of the death of Mr. T. P. Erwin, of the firm of Erwin and Boyd, Peak Hill, on Wednesday last. The late Mr. Erwin had been in bad health for some time and had only returned from a holiday a few weeks ago. The deceased gentleman was a very old resident of Peak Hill, having gone to that district about 16 years ago.
FARRELL Eliza — d 28 Apr 1900, 29yrs, wife of prospector Michael FARRELL, at Ravelstone, Cause: Dysentry and Childbirth, Father: John HOLLY, Mother: Ellen CORNELLY, Born Northampton WA, married to Michael FARRELL in Geraldton in 1888, Reg 1481/1900, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
FARRELL unnamed male — d 28 Apr 1900, 30hrs, Cause: Premature birth, Father: Michael FARRELL, Mother: Eliza HOLLY, Reg 1482/1900, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
FIELD Robert Dudley — d 7 May 1907, 7mths 4 days, at Peak Hill, Born: 2 Oct 1906, Father: Robert Cecil FIELD, Mother: Louisa “Lula’ Ernestine ELIOT, Reg Peak Hill 4/1907, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
FITZPATRICK Peter Joseph — d 20 Apr1902, 62 yrs, Father: Peter FITZPATRICK, Mother: Annie HAY, Married to Johanna LYNCH in 1859 Picton, NSW, Children Michael J born 1860, Annie Winifred born 1870, Born 19 Nov 1841, NSW, Reg 1800/1902, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Peter Fitzpatrick – photo Joan Peters
FRANCISCO Alexander Auberon — d 28 Mar 1908, Born 7 Mar 1869, 39yrs, A pastoralist from Mebbin Station, Peak Hill, he left his estate of £2500 to Hugh Carr FRANCISCO (Brother), Born: Fremantle WA, 2 Mar 1869, Father: Alexander FRANCISCO, Mother: Amelia ‘Milly’ NAIRN, Reg: Peak Hill 4/1908, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Alexander Auberon FRANCISCO – photo Joan Peters
Bunbury Herald 4 April 1908, page 3
GREENAWAY Florence Amelia — 16yrs 10mths, Father: George James GREENAWAY, Mother: Mary EVEREST, Reg: Peak Hill 1/1906, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 15 March 1906, page 2
GRENFELL Ada Maud — d 1903, 2yrs, Father: Raymond Frederick GRENFELL, Mother: Mary Ann Pearce CADDY, Reg 1734/1903, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
GRIFFIN James — d Mar 1900, 45yrs, Cause: Bronchitis, Born: Kerry, Ireland, Occ: Hotel Keeper, Married: Annie Diana DAVIES in Geraldton WA in 1900, Left £220 to wife Annie, Reg 1479/1900, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HAGGETT Francis Samuel — d 13 Aug 1934, 54yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Heart Failure whilst driving a motor vehicle, Father: Samuel HAGGETT, Mother: Mary Ann QUIRE, Born: 26 Jun 1881 at Lucindale, South Australia, Single, Reg: Peak Hill 1/1934, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HAHN Lillian ‘Lily’ — d 15 Feb 1909, 25yrs, at Peak Hill Hospital, from Redside Victoria, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Heinrich “Henry” Frederick HAHN, Mother: Jane ROSE, Born: 30 Sept 1883, Redesdale, VIC, Reg Peak Hill 5100001/1909, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HARDIE Constance — d 1920, 2 days, Father: Alexander HARDIE, Mother: Constance Marguerite SMITH, Reg Peak Hill 1/1920, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HILL Ellen Isabelle — d 1901, 7mths, Father: Ronald Dunleavey HILL, Mother: Isabelle DONALD, Reg 1654/1901, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HOBBS William — d 1900, 35yrs, Father: William HOBBS, Reg1478/1900, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HOWARD Catherine Frances ‘Kitty’ — d 13 Feb 1908, Cause: Suicide by drowning and taking Strychnine, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Francis MCCOO, Mother: Mary Agnes CRANEY, Born: 17 May 1876 at Carlton, Victoria, Married to George HOWARD in Mingenew, WA in 1895, Children: George Charles born 1896, George James born 1898, John Henry born 1900, Nellie born 1901, Mabel born 1903 & Ethel Augustus born 1906.
Of these children, her firstborn George Charles died in the same year as the birth of her second child George James. John Henry was also to die in 1901, both boys died from Croup. George James, Nellie, and Mable would survive to adulthood and Ethel, the youngest, was to die at her mother’s hand. All of the children except the first and the last child were born in Peak Hill, Reg: Peak Hill 1/1908, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery with daughter Ethel and son John Henry.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 22 February 1908 – At the inquest touching the death of Mrs. Howard and child, held by the Coroner, C. U. Bagot. The evidence of the medical officer (Dr. McNaughton) went to show that the deceased had taken strychnine, and had died from suffocation, while the child had died from drowning. The jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Howard had taken strychnine and got into the tank of water and died of suffocation, who at the time was of unsound mind and the child Ethel Howard, 2 years of age, through drowning at the hands of the mother in 2 feet of water.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 13 February 1908, page 2
Full story – Catherine Frances ‘Kitty’ Howard
HOWARD Ethel Augustus — d 1908, 2 yrs, child of George HOWARD & Catherine Frances nee MCCOO, Cause: Killed by mother, Born: Geraldton WA, Reg: 2/1908, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HOWARD George Frances— d 1901, 1yr, infant son of George HOWARD & Catherine Frances nee MCCOO, Reg 1663/1898, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
HOWARD John Henry — d 1898, 1yr, infant son of George HOWARD & Catherine Frances nee MCCOO, Reg 1655/1901, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
JACKSON William – d 1902, 58yrs, at Peak Hill, Reg 1798/1902, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
JONES Walter Wyatt — d 27 Apr 1900, 34yrs, Born 1866 in London, England, Husband of Kate, Occ: Contractor, His wife Kate Lawrence Jones subsequently married Charles SLANEY, who died in 1911, Buried in Peak Hill Cemetery.
Walter Wyatt JONES – photo Joan Peters
KEARNEY Robert Lovell — d 2 Jul 1918, at Peak Hill Hospital, Born 20 Jan 1852 at Richmond Tasmania, Pastoralist & Prospector, Squatter at Eladgee Station, Peak Hill, Father: William KEARNEY, Mother: Margaret Rachael LOVELL,
Reg: Peak Hill 2/1918, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
The Leader – Melbourne, Vic.13 July 1918 – In Memory Notice:- KEARNEY.-On July 2nd 1918, at the Hospital, Peak Hill, Robert Lovell Kearney, pastoralist, of Cobran Station, near Peak Hill, formerly of Gippsland, Victoria. KEARNEY.- On the 2nd July, at Peak Hill, Western Australia, Robert Lovell Kearney, dearly beloved and only surviving brother of Mrs. F. Coppin, Drouin South, and loving uncle of Mrs. A. Verney, Frankston; Mrs. C. Wilkinson, Drouin South; grandson of late W. Kearney, Richmond, Tasmania. Deeply mourned. Tasmanian papers please copy.
Robert Lovell KEARNEY – photo Joan Peters
Robert Lovell Kearney – photo Ancestry.com
LANDY William — d 1899, 40yrs, Reg 1468/1899, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
LEW Charles – d 1896, 33yrs, at Peak Hill, Reg 810/1896, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
MARK William — d 1899, 43yrs, from South Australia, Reg 1467/1899, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
MCGLINCHY Daniel — d 12 Jan 1902, 37yrs, a miner who died from shock and burns in the No 7 Shaft of the Peak Hill Co GM, Peak Hill, Born; 9 Mar 1864 at Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland, Father: Danielis McGlinchy, Mother: Sara Doherty (Dougherty), Married: Sarah, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com.
INQUEST ON DANIEL McGLINCHY. A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER CENSURED- Cue, February 12. The inquest touching the death of Daniel McGlinchy, who died at Peak Hill recently from burns caused by blasting powder becoming ignited, has been concluded. The jury returned the following verdict:-“That deceased came to his death from shock, the result of burns received in No. 7 shaft of Peak Hill Company’s mine, such death being hastened by the careless treatment and neglect of Dr. Fullard. In the absence of expert medical evidence, the jury does not consider that they are competent to say whether the deceased would have recovered or not.”
MCINNES Joseph Charles — d 8 Apr 1901, 37yrs, at Peak Hill GM, Cause: Injuries he received in an explosion at the Peak Hill GM, From: Ivy Lodge, Middle Arm, NSW, Father: Angus MCINNES (sixth son), Mother: Annabella Catherine NICOLSON, Married to Sarah WILCOX in Perth WA in 1900, Child: Alexander Charles born 1901 Perth WA, Reg 1656/1901 (Reg as Charles only), Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
0 Goulburn Herald NSW – 12 April 1901, page 2
MCKANNA James — died 10 Feb 1900, 40yrs, Husband of Mary, Father: John MCKANNA, Mother: Mary, Born: Philadelphia USA, Reg 1476/1900, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
James McKANNA – photo Joan Peters
James McKANNA – photo Joan Peters
McKANNA James – Murchison Advocate 17 February 1900, page 2
MEADOWCROFT Thomas — d 1898, 49yrs, Father: Thomas MEADOWCROFT, Mother: Mary Ann TENCH, Born: Manchester England, Reg 1661/1898, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
MILLER Ernest Henry — d 19 Sep 1929, 60yrs, Occ: Prospector &, J.P. Cause: Found dead in his bed from natural causes, ordered by the Coroner, Reg 1/1929, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
MILLER Thomas Cochrane — d 21 Oct 1901, 52yrs, at Peak Hill Hospital, Cause: Brights Disease, Occ: Assayer/Labourer, Born: Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Father: Thomas MILLER, Mother: Agnes PURVES, Reg 1660/1901 (Registered as Thomas Cochrane)Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Thomas Cochrane Miller – Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 24 October 1901, page 2
NICHOLAS Arthur Campbell — d 1900, 36yrs, Born: 1865 in Brynamman, Llandeilo-Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Father: John NICHOLAS, Mother: Gwenillian THOMAS, Reg 1484/1900, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
OTTEY Grace Eileen — d 1907, 15mins, Father: William Henry OTTEY, Mother: Martha EDGAR, Reg Peak Hill 5/1907, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
OWEN Samuel Joseph — d 2 Sep 1904, 44yrs, Reg 1708/1904, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
PARKER William Alexander — d 20 May 1901, 48yrs, at Peak Hill GM, Occ: Engineer, Cause: fell 160ft into 5 ft water in the Peak Hill GM, Father: William PARKER, Mother: Eliza COOPER, Born Bendigo VIC, Married to Margaret Helen MCKENZIE (Dec). Four Children, Reg 1658/1901, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com
PAULL Myrtle – d 1918, at Peak Hill, Father: Richard Henry PAULL, Mother: Maud ROSS, Reg Peak Hill 1/19, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
POLSON Andrew — d 13 Aug 1901, 51yrs, at The Patch GM, Peak Hill, Occ: Miner, Cause: A fall of earth. Murchison Advocate 17 August 1901, A miner named Andrew Polson working at the Patch had his leg broken by a fall of earth in the stopes, last week. He died on Monday last, death being mostly due to shock. An inquest was held at which a verdict of accidental death was returned. No blame is attached to anyone. Polson leaves a widow in New Zealand, whom he had great hopes of rejoining shortly. The cause: of death was rather singular as the deceased only had a slight abrasion to the scalp and a broken leg It is thought an inrush of blood to the brain caused death. Reg 1659/1901, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com
PRESTON Thomas Richard — d 1916, 54yrs, Cause: accidental death/ possible suicide, Reg Peak Hill 4/1916, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Geraldton Express 4 December 1916 – Thomas Preston, was found dead in his camp at Peak Hill, last Tuesday. A 32-bore rifle was found lying beside the body, and a bullet hole behind the left ear of the deceased showed the cause of death. Warden Crockett, who was on his way to Mt. Egerton, held an inquest on the body. It appears the deceased, who was a miner, had been working a show at the Horseshoe for some time with no success and had just given it up. He appeared rather despondent, and was suffering from a miner’s phthisis cough, but was not altogether without means as the sum of £5 was found in his pocket. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
PURCELL Peter — d 31 Jan 1926, 49yrs, Father: Timothy PURCELL, Mother: Mary DOHENY, Reg: Peak Hill 1/1926, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette 5 February 1926 -Peak Hill Prattle-
Our first death at Peak Hill since March 1923, occurred on 31st January, when Peter Purcell, late number 5457, 11th. Battalion, 3rd Brigade, A.I.F., died suddenly from heat apoplexy. Deceased passed away so quietly that others were scarcely aware of the crisis. Peter was a very quiet man, and much esteemed by us all. Sympathy for his brothers, Ned and Paddy, was felt by everyone The funeral, under the direction of D. Campbell and Co., Meekatharra, took place the next morning. Five motor cars with about 30 residents formed the cortege. The Peak Hill ladies sent 5 impromptu wreaths of immortelles and green foliage. The deceased was a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, and was aged about 50 years. Mr. W. Stalley read the burial service,
Peter PURCELL – photo Joan Peters
QUINLAN John —d 1899, 50yrs, Born Moeo, Ireland, Reg 1464/1899, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
RANKIN A — Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
SEARGENT George – d 1896, 56yrs, at Peak Hill, Born 1840 NSW, Married to Mary Jane MURRAY in 1880 in Lismore NSW, 8 children, Reg 811/1896, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
SARIA Sallie (male) — Reg Peak Hill 2/1916, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
SAVAGE William Seago — d 7 Nov 1898 at Peak Hill Hotel, Occ: Hotel Keeper, Cause: Suicide, Cutting of throat, self-inflicted, the verdict of the Coroner, Father: Unknown, Mother: Naomi SEAGO, Born Yarmouth, England, Married man, Reg 1667/1898, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
On Friday the 9th inst., an inquest was held on the body of the deceased, with the result that a verdict of suicide was returned and that the deceased came to his death by cutting his throat while in a state of temporary insanity. Mr. Savage is supposed to have lost considerable sums of money in mining speculations and became very despondent. He left £1154 to Margaret Savage.
SIMONSON Hilmer Leonard – d 1936, 47yrs, at Peak Hill, Reg Peak Hill 3/1936, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
SMART Eda – d 1903, 26yrs, at Peak hill, Father: William TRAVIS, Mother: Mary HOLMES Reg 1737/1903, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
SMITH Peter — d 6 Sep 1902, Murchison Advocate -A man named Peter Smith met with a very sad death last Wednesday. It seems that he had been ailing for some time and that for three days before his death, he was unable to attract anybody’s attention. He was found about 100 yards away from his camp in a dying condition from want of water and food, Reg 1802/1902, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
SWEENY Bessie Marie —d 1908, born 22nd Jan 1908, Father: Alexander James SWEENEY (Storekeeper), Mother: Marie Augustine BARDI, Reg Peak Hill 5/1908, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
TONKIN James — d 16 Feb 1908, An old identity of Peak Hill, in the person of James Tonkin, died at the Peak Hill Hospital on Sunday morning last, heart trouble being the cause of death. Reg: Peak Hill 3/1908, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
TONKIN James
VERNAN Joseph — 4yrs, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WAGNER Walter Charles Albert – d 1896, 28yrs, at Peak Hill, Born: New Zealand, Reg 812/1896, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WAKEFIELD David — d 1916, 2mths, Father: Alexander WAKEFIELD, Mother: Mary May MURPHY, Reg Peak Hill 3/1916, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WALSH John Patrick — d 1902, 75yrs, Reg 1801/1902, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WESTERN Ruby – d 1936, at Peak Hill, Stillborn, Father: Joseph Douglas WESTERN, Mother: Elsie Ada GALE, Reg Peak Hill 1/1936, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WHITE Frank — d 20 Jul 1918, 65yrs, 133 Miles North of Peak Hill, Occ:-Prospector, Reg Peak Hill 3/1918, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WHITE Frank – Daily News 30 July 1918, page 5
WHITWORTH Edward — d 1905 age 50yrs, Reg 1804/1902, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WILLIAMS Ada Martha ” AKA Martha ORCHARD’ — died at Peak Hill, Born: 1880, Meekatharra WA, Husband supposed to be William ‘George’ Albert ORCHARD (no marriage found), Child: Nellie ORCHARD, born Peak Hill WA, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery. Ada married William in 1897 at Peak Hill. I do not have her death date, but William committed suicide by strychnine poisoning in Lismore NSW in 1916. William had a brother Thomas Walter (both born in Tasmania) who was a publican at Peak Hill. Nellie was married with 3 other couples at Carolup Native Mission in 1918. (from Frances Hill)
WILLIAMSON John – d 1923, 57yrs, at Peak Hill, Reg Peak Hill 2/1936, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
WILTON Catherine — d 4 Jun 1898, 37yrs, Born: 7 Sep 1860 at Gregory, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Married to Thomas Fishpool WILTON, Father: Thomas James MCCAGH, Mother: Bridget MARRON, Children: Michael Able born 1887, Catherine Maud born 1888, Albert Joseph born 1890, Martin Adolphus born 1891, John born 1893, Joseph Vernen WILTON born 1894, Mary (stillborn) 1897, Emily Catherine WILTON born 1898, Reg1664/1898, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette: 4 June 1898, It is with great regret that I have to chronicle the death of Mrs. Catherine Wilton aged 37yrs. She was recently confined and contracted a fever to which she succumbed, notwithstanding the most careful attention. She leaves a large family of children and a husband to mourn her loss, with whom deep sympathy is expressed. Mrs. Wilton was the proprietress of our principal boarding house and was universally esteemed. Her funeral took place today and was largely attended, the funeral service at the grave being read by the Rev Father Drayne. 
Catherine Wilton nee McCaugh – Photo Find a Grave
WILTON Joseph Vernen — d June 1898, 5yrs, Cause: Typhoid, Father: Thomas Fishpool WILTON, Mother Catherine nee McCaugh, died three weeks earlier. Born Mullewa WA, Reg 1665/1898, Buried Peak Hill Cemetery.
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