Birtwistle: Graves at Melbourne General Cemetery

By
Melbourne General Cemetery
College Crescent, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Phone (03) 9349 3014

Although these records are not online the staff are friendly and very helpful.
Email mgc@smct.org.au


Both photos taken by Lisa Lionnet-Swaan 09/09/2012

The first grave is located at Church of England, Compartment O, Grave 190

This grave holds Joseph Birtwistle, his first wife Mary Ann and his second wife Annie Maria. It also holds his son (with Annie) Elton who died at 7 months of age from Gastro-enteritis and asthemuia and his sister-in-law (sister of Annie) Isabella Rundle.


Birtwistle, Joseph (71)                               died 21st Nov 1899 / 4865               
Birtwistle (Boyd), Mary Ann (37)             died 23rd Feb 1875 / 3168  
Birtwistle (Allen), Annie Maria (82)         died 30th June 1935 / 15691     

Birtwistle, Elton (7 mths)                           died 17th Mar 1892 / 1073            
Rundle (Allen), Isabella Jane (92)             died 23rd Sep 1933 / 7914   


Death Notice: Joseph Birtwistle Snr: The Argus 22/11/1899 page 1
Death Notice: Mary Ann Birtwistle: The Argus 24/2/1875 page 1

Death Notice: Annie Maria Birtwistle: The Argus 2/7/1935 page 1

Death Notice: Elton Birtwistle: Leader 26/3/1892 page 46

Death Notice: Isabella Rundle: The Argus 25/9/1933 page 1
..................................................................................................................................................................
Photo taken by Lisa Lionnet-Swaan 09/09/2012

The second Grave is located at Roman Catholic, Compartment L, Grave 298

This grave holds Joseph's son also called Joseph. Joseph Jnr's wife Margaret and their son William Henry. William died at 17 and there was an inquest. He died from heart failure by dilation. He was a ship's steward and had recently returned from sea. He had been out and run to catch the train. He had then died on the train between Williamstown and Spotswood.

 
Birtwistle, Joseph (39)                                               died 25th Dec 1896 / 12816      
Birtwistle (Myers), Margaret Josephine (54)         died 25th Apr 1890 / 6562        
Birtwistle, William Henry (17)                                  died 4th May 1903 / 6545       
Death Notice: Joseph Birtwistle Jnr: The Argus 28/12/1896 page 1

Death Notice: Margaret Josephine Birtwistle: The Age 26/4/1890 page 5 

Death Notice: William Henry Birtwistle: The Australasian 16/05/1903 page 55


............................................................................................................................................................................................




Both photos taken by Lisa Lionnet-Swaan 09/09/2012












The third grave is in Roman Catholic Section W (Public)

It  holds another Joseph Birtwistle who died at 4 hours of age. He was the son of Joseph Jnr and Maggie and born prematurely.

This grave was in an area of mass public burials. Other burials have occurred over the top of it so there is no identifiable grave site.



Birtwistle, Joseph (4 hours)                         died 10th Dec 1883/10510             

Location: 7, College Cres, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fremantle Cemetery

By
Image
Fremantle Cemetery Carrington Street, Palmyra, WA PO Box 222 Palmyra, WA 6157 Managing Body: Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB). The MCB manage 6 Facilities: -Fremantle Cemetery, Guilford Cemetery, Karrakatta Cemetery, Midland Cemetery, Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park & Rockingham Regional Memorial Park. Email: mcb@mcb.wa.gov.au Website: www.mcb.wa.gov.au Telephone: 1300 793 109 Research Notes Fremantle Cemetery was established in 1899. It covers 46 hectares (110 acres). It is the third public cemetery in Fremantle. The first was in Alma Street, which closed in 1855 and is now a primary school. The second, at Skinner Street, started in 1852 and was operating until 1899, when this cemetery opened. Burials were transferred by families from earlier cemeteries. In 1930 ninety gravestones were moved from Skinner Street to Fremantle. The Skinner Street cemetery is now the location of the Oval belonging to the John Curtin College of the Arts, where it is estim...
Read more

Swaby: Grave at Kew Cemetery

By
Image
Kew Cemetery AKA Boroondara Cemetery High Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia There are three persons at this site. Leslie "Les" James Swaby his wife Virginia "Diddy" and their son Peter Garden 2 Plot 5 Grave 48B Not far from the front office All photos taken by Lisa Lionnet-Swaan 19th March 2013 Swaby, Peter Leslie (16)                           died 14 th Mar 1964 / 5337            Swaby, Leslie James (80)                         died 19 th Nov 1999 / 29162             Swaby (Birtwistle), Virginia Marjorie (79)               died 2 nd June 2000 / 14057              As per Ryerson Index – Death Notice – Herald Sun 5/6/2000 As per Ryerson Index – Publication – ...
Read more

Powell: Grave at Derby Pioneer Cemetery

By
Image
Derby (Pioneer) Cemetery 10 Lovegrove Street, Derby, Western Australia This grave holds Wybert Powell. I do not know the plot number and have not yet visited the cemetery. Wybert was the first husband of Ethyl Gladys Salter later Inwood. She and her second husband are buried in Karrakatta Cemetery. Powell, Wybert Roy (49)                died 18th Mar 1939 / 2           Wybert died suddenly in a motor vehicle accident. The articles I have found relating to Wybert Roy Powell’s Death are listed below. “Killed as car hits ant hill”                                                           The Daily Ne...
Read more