The Cemetery at William Creek

WILLIAM CREEK(53J 0631554 6802284N)
• This cemetery is also suffering from erosion and is badly overgrown. • Recently a headstone was removed to the township museum area to save it from being lost altogether.
• Ethelia Page
Headstone Text
ETHELIA, BELOVED WIFE OF F.W.M. PAIGE DIED 18TH AUG 1915 AGED 56 YEARS AT REST
Death Certificate
Died 18 August 1918, of mitral regurgitation ascites, aged 56 years, at William Creek, Wife of Frederick William Marshfield Paige, refreshment room keeper, Born Spits Bergen, Norway (40 years in Commonwealth of Australia), Age at marriage 39 years, mother of two deceased males. Informant FWM Paige, husband, 14 9 1915
• Harriet Edith Butler
Headstone Text
In loving memory of HARRIET EDITH BUTLER DIED APRIL 25, 1898 AGED 24 YEARS
Death Certificate
Died 25th April 1898 of organic disease of the heart, at William Creek, servant, aged 24 years No record of informant, reported 3 5 1898
Other Deaths at William Creek
• Albert Blanford
Death Certificate
Died about 2 miles west of William Creek on or about 25 12 1896 from “Exhaustion from exposure to the sun”, Aged about 22 years. Labourer from Warrina, lately from Queensland. Informant illegible, (Mounted Constable from Hergott), (5 1 1897).
• Oliver Hansen
Death Certificate
OT line near Louden Spring (near William Creek?) aged about 30 Died on or about 10 1 1898, from thirst and exposure during very hot weather. Drover from Oodnadatta. Reported 31 1 1898, Illegible informant.
• Henry Meyers
William Creek 9 5 1877
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