Father and Daughter – grave tales

Photo Danelle Warnock

In the Boulder Cemetery, there is an impressive grave of a father and daughter who will be together always.

Kalgoorlie Miner 6 Dec  1899, page 4

Henry FAUCKNER died on the 5th December 1899 aged 62yrs. – Henry was the son of John FAUCKNER and Elizabeth nee COCKING and was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England- He had originally been buried in the Boulder Pioneer Cemetery but when it was closed he was disinterred and reburied in the Methodist Section of the new Boulder cemetery in Grave 13A.  Henry was married to Fanny Evans REGLAS.

Henry and Fanny had five other children all born in Eaglehawk Victoria. Angelina Elizabeth 1869-1871, Beatrice Maud 1870-1928, Alfred Reglas 1875-1876, Ethel May 1877-1882, William 1885-1969. Of their six children, only 3 survived to adulthood.

Fanny never remarried and returned to Victoria where she died at age 91yrs in 1942 in Elsternwick Victoria and is buried there with her daughter Beatrice. She outlived all her children but one, William.

also buried in this grave with Henry his daughter who died of Brights Disease.

Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ SCADDAN who died 21 September 1902 aged 23yrs – Bessie married John ‘Happy Jack’  SCADDAN in Boulder in 1900. He was the Manager of the Tindalds Gold Mine, She was born in Eaglehawk Victoria.

                                 Gentle in mind, Patient in pain
Our darling girl left us heaven to claim
With actions so noble, gentle, and kind,
Few in this world her equal could find
Not gone from memory, not gone from love,
But gone to her fathers home above.

In 1904 John SCADDAN was re-married to Henrietta EDWARDS in Boulder 1904 and had two children. He went on to become Premier of Western Australia from 1911 to 1916. The town of Scaddan was named after him.

John ‘Happy Jack’ SCADDAN Premier of WA 1911-1916

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Moya Sharp

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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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