Tracing Family Branches

Continuing on from my visit to Wagragobilly Cemetery in 2020 I thought that I would look on Trove to see what other burials I could find occurring there, as many of the burials have no headstone or markings in this cemetery now.  The six people mentioned below were buried at the cemetery between 1902 and 1925, including my 3rd Great Aunt Ann Holt née Quirk.   Wagragobilly Cemetery More posts mentioning this cemetery can be found here ,  here , here , here , here  and here .  There will be more posts on burials at this cemetery to follow in the near future. Michael Burke Died 24th October 1902 (see headstone photograph here ) Source: Trove. OBITUARY. (1902, November 8).  Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932) , p. 17. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111072649 Transcript: MR. MICHAEL BURKE. On Friday morning, the 24th October, there passed away an old and highly respected resident of Wagragobilly, in the person of Michael Burke, aged 7...

Today's marriage involves Sylvester Gervase Donnelly who is my first cousin twice removed.  Sylvester was born in 1897 the son of Edward Donnelly and his wife Margaret Annie nee Buckley. On the 11th April 1938 Sylvester Gervase Donnelly married Kathleen Mary McInerney at St Lawrence's Catholic Church in Coonabarabran, New South Wales. Source: WEDDING (1938, April 28). Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162495153 Transcript: WEDDING McInerney-Donnelly MISS Kathleen McInerney, of New Mollyan, and Mr. Sylvester Gervase Donnelly, also New Mollyan, were married at St. Lawrence's Catholic Church, Coonabarabran.  The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law Mr. J.L. Opferkuch, was frocked in a beautiful gown of magnolia satin, wearing an embroidered veil which was held in place by a coronet of orange blossoms.  She carried a gorgeous bouquet of pink and cr...

This is a very recent find for me about my first cousins two times removed Sylvester Gervase and Frances Eulalie Donnelly.  A day at the beach quickly turned into a traumatic experience for them all.   Source:  DANGERS OF THE SURF. (1910, March 1). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) , p. 3. Retrieved May 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76911473 Transcript: DANGERS OF THE SURF. Two Ladies in Difficulties. Shortly after five o'clock on Sunday afternoon a sudden commotion amongst the frequenters of the Newcastle beach drew attention to the fact that two lady bathers were placed in a dangerous position. Miss G. Buckley was bathing with her niece, Miss Frances Donnelly, in the breakers at the ladies' reserve.  The tide was almost to its ebb limit, and the girls were disporting themselves in the line of breakers close to the northern boundary of the reserve.  Suddenly Miss Buckley was startled by cries from her companion, and realis...