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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