Alice Maud Cribb – grave tales

Alice Maud Cribb and child – Kalgoorlie Cemetery c 1903

Kalgoorlie Miner Tuesday 17 March 1903, page 4

Alice Maud Cribb and child – Kalgoorlie Cemetery by Danelle Warnock 2020

Alice Maud Cribb and child – Kalgoorlie Cemetery by Danelle Warnock 2020

On the 14th March 1903 Alice Maud CRIBB nee LONG, the wife of Henry Theodore CRIBB, manager of the Croesus Proprietary Mine, died at the age of 26yrs. A few days later on the 24th of March, their infant daughter, also Alice Maud, aged 19 days (born on 5th March) also died. Alice and Henry had been married less than a year prior in Leonora WA. The family were living on the Croesus lease at the time which was quite common.

Kalgoorlie Miner Tuesday 17 March 1903, page 4
Obituary. — Much sympathy is felt with Mr. Henry Cribb, manager of the Croesus Proprietary mine, in the death of his wife, after a brief illness, on Saturday last. The deceased lady, who was 26 years old, had ‘been married less than a a year, and her sad death came as a great shock to friends of the family particularly at Leonora, where the late Mrs. Cribb was well known. The funeral took place on Sunday.

Possibly Alice’s death would be from a childbirth related condition. They are buried together inn the Anglican Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. Alice was the daughter of John Stewart and Alice LONG and she was born in Castlemaine Victoria.

Kalgoorlie Miner Wednesday 25 March 1903, page 4

Alice’s estate which was awarded to her husband amounted to £165.

Henry was to re marry in 1905 in Perth, to Lydia Evelyn DAVIES. The couple returned to Boulder where their first child, a boy, was stillborn in 1906 and is buried in the same grave as Alice and her baby. Henry and Lydia were to have a further three children, Henry Theodore Born 1906 (Born Kookynie WA) , Vernon Davies 1908 (born Peak Hill WA) and Gweneth Elsie 1912 (born in California USA). Henry was born on the 14th June 1873 in Footscray Victoria and died in Korumburra Victoria in 1950.

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My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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