Gainsford burials
The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions.
The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at Boolburra west of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, gave me the document. Where I’ve been able to identify the location of cemeteries, I have included a map reference.
The information may be useful to family researchers but comes with the warning that there may be errors and omissions as well as incomplete details. In some cases I have added newspaper references that support burial details.
Gainsford details follow:
Death registration: Ellen Phelen Death date: 22/01/1865 Mother’s name:- Father/parent’s name:- Registration details: 1865/C/624
Death registration: Sarah Ann Pringle Death date: 22/01/1865 Mother’s name: Ann Murphy Father/parent’s name: Thomas Carroll Registration details: 1865/C/625
Death registration: William Smith Death date: 15/09/1866 Mother’s name:- Father/parent’s name:- Registration details: 1866/C/1104
Death registration: Emma Beattie Death date: 18/03/1867 Mother’s name: Bridget Carroll Father/parent’s name: John Beattie Registration details: 1867/C/760
Death registration: John Murray Pringle Death date: 24/03/1867 Mother’s name: Sarah Carroll Father/parent’s name: John Murray Pringle Registration details: 1867/C/761
Death registration: Richard Balderstone Death date: 19/01/1870 Mother’s name:- Father/parent’s name:- Registration details: 1870/C/820
Death registration: James Duffy Death date: 09/05/1870 Mother’s name: Esther Bell Father/parent’s name: James Duffy Registration details: 1870/C/890
Death registration: Agnes Neil Death date: 01/08/1870 Mother’s name: Anne Brien Father/parent’s name: Thomas Neil Registration details: 1870/C/916
Death registration: John Thomas Mulvany Death date: 11/11/1870 Mother’s name: Margaret Murphy Father/parent’s name: James Mulvany Registration details: 1871/C/911
Death registration: Henry Thomas Sutton Death date: 12/02/1871 Mother’s name: Elizabeth Frances Knox Father/parent’s name: Alfred Charles Sutton Registration details: 1871/C/910 Birth registration: Henry Thomas Sutton Birth date: 29/10/1869 Mother’s name: Elizabeth Frances Knox Father/parent’s name: Alfred Charles Sutton Registration details: 1869/C/2676
Death registration: James Duffy Death date: 12/12/1871 Mother’s name: Esther Bell Father/parent’s name: James Duffy Registration details:1872/C/882 Birth registration: James Duffy Birth date: 01/07/1871 Mother’s name: Esther Bell Father/parent’s name: James Duffy Registration details: 1871/C/2807
Death registration: Mary Ann Beattie Death date: 24/04/1872 Mother’s name:- Father/parent’s name:- Registration details: 1872/C/951
Death registration: John Duffy Death date: 08/05/1872 Mother’s name: Esther Bell Father/parent’s name: James Duffy Registration details: 1872/C/946
Death registration: Elizabeth Beattie Death date: 21/05/1872 Mother’s name: Bridget Carroll Father/parent’s name: John Beattie Registration details: 1872/C/956 Birth registration: Elizabeth Beattie Birth date: 17/05/1871 Mother’s name: Bridget Teresa Carroll Father/parent’s name: John Beattie Registration details: 1871/C/2803
Death registration: Ah Sue Ah Sue Death date: 17/07/1872 Mother’s name:- Father/parent’s name:- Registration details: 1872/C/973
Death registration: R.L. Parker Death date: 18/09/1873 Mother’s name:- Father/parent’s name:- Registration details: 1873/C/1148
Death registration: Sarah Ellen Arnold Death date: 21/07/1875 Mother’s name: Susan Dryden Father/parent’s name: George Arnold Registration details: 1875/C/2183
Death registration: James James Death date: 14/03/1879 Mother’s name: Mary Jane James Father/parent’s name:- Registration details: 1879/C/1207 Birth registration: James James Birth date: 08/03/1879 Mother’s name: Mary Jane James Registration details: 1879/C/3351
Death registration: Patrick Joseph Murtagh Death date: 11/05/1893 Mother’s name: Clara Milletta Pocock Father/parent’s name: Patrick Aloysius Murtagh Registration details: 1893/C/4072 Birth registration: Patrick Joseph Murtagh Birth date: 14/12/1890 Mother’s name: Clara Melletta Pocock Father/parent’s name: Patrick Aloysius Murtagh Registration details: 1891/C/7360
| GAINSFORD (where Capricorn Highway crosses Dawson River) | |||||||
| Surname | Christian name/s | Death date | Burial | Age | Parents/notes | familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au ref | Location |
| ^PHELAN | Ellen | 22/01/1865 | 22/01/1865 | 17 | 1865/C/624 | https://goo.gl/maps/Vz6HydvhAopiRRtn7 | |
| ^PRINGLE | Sarah Ann | 22/01/1865 | 22/01/1865 | 23 | Thomas/Ann Murphy | 1865/C/625 | |
| ^Both women drowned in Dawson River. See newspaper report | |||||||
| SMITH | William | 15/09/1866 | 16/09/1866 | 57 | 1866/C/1104 | ||
| BEATTIE | Emma | 18/03/1867 | 19/03/1867 | 3 | John/Bridget Carroll | 1867/C/760 | |
| PRINGLE | John Murray | 24/03/1867 | 25/03/1867 | 4 | John Murray/Sarah Carroll | 1867/C/761 | |
| BALDERSTONE | Richard | 19/01/1870 | 19/01/1870 | 26 | 1870/C/820 | ||
| DUFFY | James | 09/05/1870 | 10/05/1870 | 3 | James/Esther Bell | 1870/C/890 | |
| NEIL | Agnes | 01/08/1870 | 02/08/1870 | 7 days | Thomas/Anne Brien | 1870/C/916 | |
| MULVANEY | John Thomas | 11/11/1870 | 12/11/1870 | 3 | James/Margaret Murphy | 1871/C/911 | |
| SUTTON | Henry Thomas | 12/02/1871 | 12/02/1871 | 1 | Alfred Charles/Elizabeth Frances Knox | 1871/C/910 | |
| DUFFY | James | 12/12/1871 | 13/12/1871 | 5 mths | James/Esther Bell | 1872/C/882 | |
| BEATTIE | Mary Ann | 24/04/1872 | 25/04/1872 | 65 | 1872/C/951 | ||
| DUFFY | John | 08/05/1872 | 08/05/1872 | 5 | James/Esther Bell | 1872/C/946 | |
| BEATTIE | Elizabeth | 21/05/1872 | 22/05/1872 | 1 | John/Bridget Carroll | 1872/C/956 | |
| AH SUE | 17/07/1872 | 18/07/1872 | 75 | 1872/C/973 | |||
| PARKER | R. L. | 18/09/1873 | 19/09/1873 | 30 | 1873/C/1148 | ||
| ARNOLD | Sarah Ellen | 21/07/1875 | 21/07/1875 | 5 | George/Susan Dryden | 1875/C/2183 | |
| JAMES | James | 14/03/1879 | 14/03/1879 | 6 days | Mary Jane James | 1879/C/1207 | |
| MURTAGH | Patrick Joseph | 11/05/1893 | 11/05/1893 | 2 | Patrick/Clara Milletta Pocock | 1893/C/4072 | |
| SAUNDERS, GAINSFORD | |||||||
| Surname | Christian name/s | Death date | Burial | Age | Parents/notes | familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au ref | Location |
| SHIMMINGS | Mary | 27/01/1870 | 28/01/1870 | 2 | Thomas/Elizabeth Mountain | 1870/C/843 | Near Gainsford |