Strangways and Strangway Springs Cemeteries

• Katherine Anne Abernethy

Headstone Text

IN MEMORY OF
CATHERINE ANNE
DIED 9 JULY 1887
AGED 14 YEARS
ERECTED BY HER FATHER
CHARLES ABERNETHY

Death Certificate

Died of typhoid fever,
at Strangways on 9th July 1887,
aged 14 years,
father Charles Abernethy, Tent Maker
Informant, Father, 21 7 1887

STRANGWAYS SPRINGS

(53J 0650350 672927N)

• The old Strangways Springs Telegraph Station area has already had some restoration work done but the cemetery area has been neglected.
• The sandhill is eroding badly and some graves are overgrown and fallen down.

• Mary Hewish

Headstone Text

In Memory Of
MARY
BELOVED WIFE OF ALBERT HEWISH
WHO DIED AT STRANGWAYS SPRINGS
MARCH 2ND 1895
AGED 32 YEARS

Death Certificate

(Book 226 p 113) Dist. Flinders
Date of death: 2.3.1895
Female
32 years
Occupation: Wife of Albert Hewish,
telegraph assistant, Strangways Springs
Usual residence: Strangways Springs
Cause of death: Puerperal blood poisoning
Place of death: Strangways Springs
Informant: Albert Hewish, late husband, Strangways Springs
Signature of District Registrar: A Hewish
Entered at District Registry 13.4.1895

• Walter David Randall (unmarked)

Death Certificate

Entered at District Registry Office
Telegraph Stationmaster,
died of typhoid,

• Ernest Flint

Death Certificate

District of Adelaide 1887
Date of death - 17.7.1887
Ernest Ebenezer Samuel FLINT
Male
Age - 33 years
Occupation - Telegraph Inspector
Usual residence - Alice Springs
Cause of death - Acute Rheumatism
Place of death Alice Springs(?)
Informant - G F? Madeley, Brother-in-law, Port MacDonnell
District Registrar - John A Plunkett
Entered at District Office 18.7.1887

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