Sir Samuel / Mt Sir Samuel Cemetery
“With lonely old graves where departed souls sleep,
Where a merciful god a vigil must keep
Till the trumpet is heard on that final last day
Let us never disturb them, just leave them that way’
Sir Samuel Townsite Cemetery Sign
Yakabindi Station East of Bellevue Mine Camp.
27°36’90”S – 120°32’65”E
AKBAR Meer AKA Mullang – d 9 Feb 1909, at the Lime Kilns, Sir Samuel, 35yrs, Occ: Camel Driver, Cause: Burst Blood Vessel, Born: Peshwan, India, Informant: Meer JARMAN (Friend), Reg: East Murchison 13/1910, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
ALLEY Mohomed – d 8 Jul 1904, Sir Samuel, 27yrs, Occ: Fruiterer, Cause: Natural Causes, Father: Fuzal DIN (Silk Merchant), Mother: Bajem, Born: Lahore, Punjaub, India, in WA 9yrs, Single, Informant: Aziz Dean (Brother), Reg: East Murchison 19/1904, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery. Headstone.
Mohomed ALLY Sir Samuel Cemetery – Photo Andrea Lewis
Probate – TROVE
AYERS Elizabeth Walpole ‘Bessie’ – d 17 May 1901, Bellevue GM, Sir Samuel, 31yrs, Occ: Housewife, Cause: Suicide by taking a dose of phosphorous, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Isaac ARNOLD (Carriage builder), Mother: Jane WALPOLE, Born: Wolverton England, In WA 6 yrs, Married in Lawlers WA to Alfred Thomas AYRES (46yrs) in 1901, no children, Reg: East Murchison 8/1901, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
East Murchison News 18 May 1901, page 4
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
BEAVER George Mouley – d 17 Jan 1906, Mt Sir Samuel, 8 days old, Cause: Premature birth, Father: Richard John Mouley BEAVER (Amalgamator), Mother: Kathleen LEONARD, Reg: East Murchison 5/1906, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
BEHAN Daniel – d 2 Mar 1903, at Sir Samuel, about 45yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Explosion through boring into an unexploded charge of gelignite. Verdict of the Coroner, Parents unknown, Born: Co Cork, Ireland, Reg: East Murchison 7/1903, , Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery. Mining Death: www.wavmm.com
West Australian Perth – 7 March 1903, page 7
Plaque Outbackgraves.org
BEST Muriel Grace – d 14 Jan 1906, Mt Sir Samuel, 4yrs 7mths, Cause: Cardiac Failure, Father: James Bennetts BEST (Underground Machine Miner), Mother: Selina MILL, Born Boulder WA, Reg East Murchison 3/1906, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 10 July 1906, page 16
BUTLER James – d 2 Jan 1900, Kathleen Valley, Sir Samuel, 50yrs, Occ Miner, Cause: Natural causes, probably from a blood vessel internally, Parents Unknown, Born: Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland, In WA for 8 yrs, Single, Reg: East Murchison 1/1900. Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
CARMINO Alesander / Alesandro – d 17 May 1905, at Bellevue GM, Sir Samuel, Cause: Killed by an explosion, possibly due to a faulty fuse, Born: Italy, Reg 10/1905 East Murchison (registered as CARNINO), Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
FITZGERALD Ann – d 26 Dec 1904, Sir Samuel, 34yrs, Occ: Married woman, Cause: Cardiac Embolism following Parturition, Father: Charles PARRY (Contractor) Mother: Ann, Born: Footscray VIC, In VIC 30yrs, In WA 4 yrs, Married to George FITZGERALD in Footscray VIC at age 30yrs, Children: Mary Joseph 1 month, Informant Husband, Reg: East Murchison 15/1904, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Kalgoorlie Miner 2 January 1905, page 4
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
HAIN Garland William – d 28 Jun 1901, Bellevue GM, Sir Samuel, 48yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidental fall of stone in the Bellevue GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Richard HAIN (Carpenter), Mother: Grace Greenman CRAZE, Born Geelong, VIC, In VIC for 47yrs, In WA
1 yr, Single, Reg: East Murchison 12/1901. Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery. Mining Death – www.wavmm.com
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
HARRIS Barney – d 21 Oct 1901, at Sir Samuel, about 42yrs, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Suicide by cutting his own throat, Verdict of the Coroner, Parents unknown, Reg: East Murchison 19/1901, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
East Murchison News 26 October 1901, page 3
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
HUTCHINS Richard – d 9 Sep 1904, Sir Samuel, 28yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally falling down winze, Verdict of the Coroner, Parents Unknown, Born: VIC, Reg: East Murchison 21/1904, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
East Murchison News 16 September 1904, page 2 – SIR SAMUEL
Fatal Accident—An accident, attended with a fatal result, occurred at the Bellevue Mine on Friday. last, when a man named Richard Hutchins, by some means at present unknown, fell into a shoot and broke his neck. The Warden opened the inquest, with a jury consisting of Messrs Scollard (foreman), Weston, and Vout, and after taking evidence as to identity gave an order for burial and adjourned till Thursday, September 25,
The funeral left the Mine at 11 a.m. on Sunday and was attended by a large number of the deceased’s mates, the manager and Staff of the Bellevue Mine, and many tradespeople. The Burial Service of the Church of England was read by Mr Wilson.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
KIRKPATRICK Thomas – d 17 Dec 1909, at Government Hospital, Sir Samuel, 49yrs, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage, Father: John Dunnage KIRKPATRICK (Cabinet Maker), Mother: Unknown, Born: Grenfell NSW, In NSW 36yrsd, In WA 13 years, Single, Reg: East Murchison 7/1910, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Laverton and Beria Mercury 18 December 1909, page 2
KOEHLER Walter Jaejer – d 25 Apr 1901, Managers Residence, Bellevue Consolidated GM, Sir Samuel, 41yrs, Occ;- Metallurgist/Mining Engineer, Cause: Heart disease, Parents unknown, In NSW for 10yrs, In WA for nearly 3 yrs, Married in Broken Hill NSW to Clara Vernon DUDLEY, Children: Hilda 12yrs and Nellie 10yrs, Informant: Rudolph Thomas HAGER Accountant at the Bellevue GM, Reg 4/1901 East Murchison, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
Kalgoorlie Miner 29 April 1901, page 5 – Death of Mr. W, J. Koehler
PATENTEE OF THE KOEHLER PROCESS
Mr. William Buzacott, secretary of the Bellevue Consolidated G.M. Co., Limited, has received a telegram from Mr: Arthur Taylor, general manager of the mine at Mount Sir Samuel, stating;, that Mr. W J Koehler was found dead in bed on Thursday morning. The Warden and a doctor were called in, and an inquest subsequently showed that death was due to natural causes.
The remains were interred at the Mount Sir Samuel Cemetery and amongst those who joined in the cortege was the Rev. Archdeacon Howell-Griffiths, who was passing through the district.
The deceased was well-known in mining; circles as the patentee of the Koehler process of concentration and was completing a contract with the Bellevue Consolidated Company. He was to have left the Mount Sir Samuel district at the end of the present month. The news of his decease was received with general and widespread regret.
LANE William – d 13 Jan 1909, Mount Sir Samuel, 42yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally killed in fire in barbers shop on the 13th Jan, Born: Ballarat VIC, In VIC 36yrs, In WA 6 yrs, Reg: East Murchison 3/1909, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Western Mail 23 January 1909, page 11
LOGAN Henry “Harry’ – d 13 Apr 1915, Sir Samuel, 61yrs, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Injuries caused by a kick from a horse. Born: Kelminsford, Finland, In NSW 10yrs, In WA 20yrs, Informant George A BURNETT (Friend), Reg: East Murchison 3/1915, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Kalgoorlie Miner 16 April 1915, page 4
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
MARSDEN James – d 14 Oct 1908, Mt Sir Samuel, 79yrs, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Asphyxia, Broncho Pneumonia, Born Yorkshire England, In VIC 19yrs, In WA 10 yrs, Married to Mary PATTERSON in Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, Children: Clarissa 52yrs, Sarah 50yrs, George 46yrs, Martha 42yrs, Annie 39yrs, John Edwin 35yrs, 1 female deceased, Informant, Edwin MARSDEN (Son) Reg: East Murchison 1/1909, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
MORRAH James – d 17 May 1905, Sir Samuel, 24yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Premature explosion caused by defective fuse at the Bellevue GM, Sir Samuel, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Edward MORRAH, Mother: Ellen TORPEY, Born Wahring, VIC, In VIV for 20yrs, In WA
4 yrs, Married in Fremantle WA to Mary McPHERSON at age 22yrs, No children, Reg: East Murchison 11/1905, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery. Mining Death: www.wavmm.com,
Evening Star Boulder 19 May 1905, page 3
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
MORRISON James – d 20 Jun 1902, 35yrs, Cause: Fell down mine shaft at the Bellevue Mine when overcome by fumes after firing, Reg East Murchison 9/1902, Buried in the Sir Samuel cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
NELSON William Alexander – d 2 Jan 1902, age 36yrs, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
NICCOL William – d 16 Oct 1912, at the Yellow Aster Hotel, Kathleen Valley, 51yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Heart failure, Born: New Zealand, 26yrs in WA, Reg: East Murchison 11/1912, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
The Yellow Aster Hotel, Sir Samuel – Photo SLWA
NISSEN John – d 11 Oct 1909, at the Yellow Aster Hotel, Kathleen Valley, about 40yrs, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Suicide by shooting himself with a military rifle, Verdict of Coroner, Born Hensburg, Germany, In VIC 6yrs, In WA 14yrs, Reg: East Murchison 12/1910, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
North Coolgardie Herald Menzies – 13 October 1909, page 4
O’BRYAN Michael Joseph – d 19 Nov 1909, 2 miles from Sir Samuel on the Sir Samuel to Lawlers Road, 41yrs, Occ: Teamster, Cause: Run over by a wagon, Father: John Patrick OBRYAN (Labourer), Mother: Mary Ann OGORMAN, Born: Cowra NSW, In WA 6 yrs, Married in Wilcannia NSW to Sarah Rose Ann GALLOWAY at age 22yrs, Children: Sarah Rose Ann 18yrs, William Joseph 14yrs, John Patrick 12yrs, Martha Elizabeth 10yrs, Mary Ann 7yrs, George Joseph 3yrs, deceased 1 male, Informant Sarah R A OBRYAN, (wife), Reg: East Murchison 16/1909, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
POLA Carlo – d 14 Apr 1933, Mt Sir Samuel, 57yrs, Occ: Licensed Victualler, Cause: Cardiac disease, Bronchitis, Born Switzerland, In WA 34yrs, Single, Reg: East Murchison 11/1933, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
REID Charles Augustus – d 18 Dec 1908, Mt Sir Samuel, 18yrs, Occ: Fitters Apprentice, Cause: Paralysis of respiratory Centre, following injuries to brain sustained when Reid ascended the roof of the engine room and fell through the corroded sheet iron and onto the driving wheel, Father: Frederick Charles Jackson REID (dec) (Plasterer and Miner). Mother: Annie MARSDEN, Born: Darlington, Gippsland, VIC, In VIC 15yrs 3mths, In WA 2yrs 9mths, Single, Informant Thomas SLINGO, Reg: East Murchison 2/1909, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery. Mining Death: www.wavmm.com
East Murchison News 28 February 1908, page 3 – MINING FATALITY.
One of those sad events, attended by fatal results, which unfortunately are becoming too frequent of late in mining, occurred at the Bellevue. Mine, Mount Sir. Samuel, on Friday 21st February, to a man named Frederick Reid, an old servant and a respectable citizen. Reid was well known in the district having lived in Mount Sir Samuel for the past nine years, seven of which he had spent in the employ of the company. On the day referred to Reid was engaged in attending to the machinery when by some means he was caught in the belting and sustained such injuries as resulted in his death.
As soon as the accident occurred Dr. Triado was summoned from Lawlers, and Reid conveyed to his home at 10 pm, where everything was done for the sufferer that medical skill could devise. His injuries were found to be of a very serious nature, for, besides the base of the skull being fractured, the collar bone was broken, and the deceased was much braised and otherwise injured. On Saturday morning Dr Triado ordered Reid’s removal to the Lawlers hospital, at which place the sufferer could be more skilfully treated. In the long journey down the greatest care was exercised in order that the condition of the sufferer should not be. interfered with.
On arrival at the Hospital Reid was at once attended to by the staff who did all that lay in their power for the man. On Monday by nightfall the end arrived and Reid passed away without having regained consciousness. The deceased was 39 years of age and a native of Walhalla. Victoria. He leaves a wife and two sons aged 15 and 17 years respectively. Mr Barnes J.P., on being apprised of the death considered an inquest unnecessary, and Dr. Triado having given a medical certificate as to the cause of death the remains were interred on Wednesday, a large number of people joined the funeral cortege.
View of Sir Samuel Cemetery – Photo Andrea Lewis
ROWE/ROE William – d 14 Apr 1910, Government Hospital, Sir Samuel, 45yrs, Occ: Bricklayer, Cause: Peritonitis, Rupture of gall bladder, Born: England, In WA for 29yrs, Single, Reg: East Murchison 8/1910, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
STUBBS Charles Herbert – 30 Sept 1917, Near Kathleen Valley, 64yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accident caused by falling from a tree, Born England, Single, Reg East Murchison 1/1917, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
TRUSCOTT Mavis – d 10 February 1904, at Mount Sir Samuel, 3 months, Cause: Chill and Influenza, Father: William TRUSCOTT (Miner), Mother: Agnes HAYES, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, Reg: East Murchison 13/04, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
WANDARI Aboriginal – d 31 Jan 1912, About 70yrs, Cause: Old Age, Reg: East Murchison 4/1912, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
WILSON William Alexander – d 2 Jan 1907, at Sir Samuel, Occ: Boilermaker, 36yrs, Cause: Haemorrhage of the heart caused by self-inflicted wounds while of unsound mind from alcohol, Verdict of Coroner, Father: William Alexander WILSON (Blacksmith), born Scotland, In VIC 26yrs, In WA 4 yrs, Reg: East Murchison 1/1901, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
WITTON Edwin – d 23 Jan 1909, at the Yellow Aster Hotel, Kathleen Valley, 53yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Exposure, Father: William Joseph WITTON, Mother: Mary Ann RAMSDALE, Born: Port Fairy, VIC in 1856, Married to Selina TODD on 6 Jul 1881 at Drouin West, VIC, three sons and two daughters, Reg: East Murchison 4/1909, Buried in the Sir Samuel Cemetery.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
North Coolgardie Herald Menzies 30 January 1909, page 3
Sir Samuel Lonely Graves:
CAMPA Billie – d 28 Apr 1946, age 80yrs, Buried 1 mile North East of Sir Samuel.
KAREEM Abdul AKA Soffee – d 11 Jan 1926, age 55yrs, Buried 20 miles east of Sir Samuel, Father: Mula SALEH, Reg 1/1926 East Murchison.
Plaque – outbackgraves.org
McCARTHY NAROO AKA Governor – d 21 May 1914 age 72, buried in the bush, had been dead about 3 months, wrapped in calico and covered with sticks about 7 miles South East of Sir Samuel.
Unknown Miner: the body was held for two days as there was no cemetery at Sir Samuel, the grave digger, after 5 attempts, found a patch of sand, and he was lowered into the ground to the tune of ‘He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ bellowed by a score of lusty miners.
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