Saturday's Snapshots: Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery

I took a research trip to the Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery to see where Laura Stevens (see post here) was buried. My efforts to try and confirm that she is my missing relative have thus far not been successful. The cemetery authorities have no record of her burial in this cemetery (see here) and there is no marker for her grave there either. I was informed that that council only took over management of the cemetery in 1969 and prior to that the records were maintained by the various Churches with many records being lost or poorly kept. Many of the graves in this cemetery are unmarked or in such a state of disrepair that you can no longer determine who is buried in that position.
I was not surprised that Laura Stevens grave was unmarked as she was a cook and laundress at Oberne Station, Humula and no family were with her when she died. The Deputy Coroner had filled out her death certificate with most of her personal details being recorded as not known and she had been buried possibly before her family found out about her death; they certainly did not know about it in time to get to the funeral (according to newspaper reports at the time).
I did however find Vincent Levy Greene's grave and have updated the post concerning him here. I also found the grave of Vincent's father William James Greene who died in 1931 in another of the Roman Catholic sections of this cemetery but unfortunately his grave has no marker on it.

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No.1. Somewhere in this area Laura Stevens is buried.

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No.1

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No.1. As you can see there are many unmarked graves.

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No.1.

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No.1. Grave of Vincent Levy Greene.

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No. 2a

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No.2a

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Roman Catholic No.2a. This is the area where William James Greene is recorded as being buried. He was the husband of my Great Grand Aunt Bridget Stevens and also the father of Vincent Levy Greene, who was a child from his second marriage to Mary Florence Levy.

Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, location Chinese Section.

The Kendall Children.

I started this post a while ago and was going to finally finish and post it yesterday however our four grandchildren came over and I got sidetracked. Our grandchildren range in age now from six down to one; they are so full of life (each of them lights up a room when they enter it) and we feel extremely blessed to have them in our lives. After spending the afternoon researching this post, their arrival made this tragedy even more poignant for me and so I appreciated their company even more than usual and hugged them a bit tighter too! This morning I woke up to a cold, wet and windy Wagga day and the thought of three little girls out in August weather like this, in light weight dresses with no shoes or jumpers impacted on me even more. Those poor babies! One of the girls was found still clasping her doll that she had carried with her over the whole tragic journey. When my husband and I were looking around the Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery some time ago we came across a very sad he

Wednesday’s Wedding: William Allardyce Martin and Violet Helen Marguerite Murray

Today's post involves my husbands paternal Grandparents and their wedding in Singapore on the 14th April 1928. More posts involving this couple can be found here , here , here , here , here , here and here . SINGAPORE WEDDINGS Mr. W.A. Martin and Miss Violet Murray. On Saturday at 8 a.m.at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, a pretty wedding was solemnised between Miss Violet Helen Murray, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Murray, of Singapore, and Mr. William Allardice Martin, of the Prison Dept., Straits Settlements, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Martin, of Glasgow. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in an Early Victorian frock of satin with the train was also of satin with a lover's knot of georgette and orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet of white lilies and clematis. The bridesmaid was Miss Molly Murray, sister of the bride, who was becomingly gowned in blue satin charmeuse with hat to match. The duties of the best man were performed b

Trove Tuesday - The Murder of Patrick McCooey

These articles involve my 5th Great Grandmother Ann Puckeridge (nee Maund) and her son William Puckeridge (my half 4th Great grand Uncle). Ann was born in England and married her first husband Joseph Puckeridge around 1796. There are records of two children being baptised in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England for this couple Sarah (1799-?) and James (1800-?). Their lives took a turn in 1800, when Joseph was sentenced to death for stealing scotch ticking, this sentence was later remitted to transportation for Life. In 1801 Joseph, the convict and Ann his free wife arrived in Australia on board the ship Earl Cornwallis , their English born children's fate is unknown. They went on to have the following children in Australia: William (1802-1877), John (1804-1885), Ann Sawyer nee Puckeridge (1806-1882), Mary Ann (1809-1818), Richard (1812-1881), Joseph (1814-1857) and Henry (1817-1819). Joseph worked as a brickmaker in Australia and died in Sydney in 1818. In 1820 Ann married J

Crissouli8 March 2019 at 10:00
I have included your blog in INTERESTING BLOGS in FRIDAY FOSSICKING at

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2019/03/friday-fossicking-8th-march-2019.html
Thank you, Chris
Tracing Family Branches8 March 2019 at 10:10
Thanks Chris. There are a lot of Irish burials there we noticed, when my leg is up to more of a roam about I intend to go back and investigate further.

Tracing Family Branches

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