This little boy was the first child born in Mt Morgans, his birth being recorded in the newspapers by the correspondent on 28th October, 1899. Another newspaper reported on his death in an article written on 7 January 1900, which also mentioned that the child was the first to be born in Mt Morgans township but had only remained there for a brief span of 10 weeks. He was buried in the first Cemetery Reserve Number 4387 but his name does not appear on the shire burial registration list. No birth or death dates or registrations have been identified.

The child's parents married in Perth in 1902 (Marriage Registration 1259/1902) and started their family of 6 which includes: Ivan Alexander born Perth 1902 (Birth Registration 4659/1902); Archibald Harry born 1903 in Mt Morgans (Birth Registration 109/1906, Mt Margaret); John Rupert born 1904 in Mt Morgans (Birth Registration 110/1906, Mt Margaret); Samuel Melville born 1912 in South Fremantle (Birth Registration 275/1912, Fremantle); Natale born 1913 in Boulder (Birth Registration 11/1914, Boulder).  Interestingly, the births of Susan and two of her brothers were registered at the same time in 1906, with the boys having consecutive registration numbers.

Little Susan is buried in Mt Morgans Cemetery in Section A, Plot number 28 - but is listed a being buried with the Armstrong family.  However, this has not been confirmed.

The deceased had been ill since her confinement, which took place some few weeks before, and it was found necessary to remove the patient to the hospital, where she died on Monday morning. The body was interred in the local cemetery on the afternoon of the same day. Her husband took his own life just 24 days later and their only child died a week after her father.

The finding of the jury in connection with the death of W. H. Armstrong was as follows: "That the said William Henry Armstrong came to his death from the effects of a dose of prussic acid self administered." William Henry Armstrong was Accountant and Auditor of the Mt Morgans Municipal Council. He was also Secretary to the Morgans Race Club. He was found dead in bed just 24 days after the death of his wife, who never recovered from childbirth. Sadly, the child, aged 8 weeks, died the day after her father. It is understood that the couple had only married that year.

The deceased had a wayside inn at Redcastle, near Mt Morgans. He died in hospital from a stroke he had two weeks prior.

He left an estate valued at £94 14s. 3d to Joseph Patrick Flynn.

Thomas Samuel Baker was the eldest of nine children born to Mary Ann and William Baker who were married on 15 March 1830 in Plymouth.  Both Mary Ann and William were born in Devon .  Their family consisted of 7 daughters and 2 sons.  Thomas' siblings were: Mary Ann born 1833; Elizabeth Agnes born about 1838; Hannah Wickett and William John possibly twins born 15 April 1839; Grace Bishop born 1844; Ruth Martin born October 1846; Phoebe born October 1848; Rhoda born 1 April 1852.

Mary Ann Cole and Arthur Barlow were married in Coolgardie in 1900 (Marriage Registration 107/1900).  Little Ivy was one of 2 girls and 6 boys born to this marriage.  Her siblings were: John Butler born 1900 at Kanowna (Birth Registration 1576/1900); Arthur Daniel born 1902 at Kanowna (Birth Registration 1906/1902); William Patrick James born 1904 at Boondi (Birth Registration 1404/1904); Joseph Gregory born 1909 at Mt Morgans (Birth Registration 4300051/1909, Mt Margaret); Noreen Rose Bridget born 1911 at North Fremantle (Birth Registration 2700023/1912, Fremantle); Richard Thomas born 1913 at Cottesloe (Birth Registration 1600255/1913, Claremont); Francis Bernard born 1920 at Cottesloe (Birth Registration 102903/1920, Perth).

Mary Ann Black and George Bawden were married in Leonora on 28 October 1901. It is believed they had four sons, the first three registered under the name BOWDEN, the last two under the name BAWDEN all listed either in the birth or death listing with the same parents. Those sons were: Harold George born 1902; Walter James born 1904 Mt Morgan (Birth Registration 3820/1904); Donald Hugh born 1906 in Beverley (Birth Registration 31/1906, Beverley); Albert John born 1916, Beverley (Birth Registration 171/1916, Beverley). Both Mary and George were born in South Australia. Mary died in Perth in 1934 and is buried in Karrakatta. Her husband died in 1938 at Corrigin on 8 June and was buried at Karrakatta with his wife on 10 June, 1938.

Isaac and Margaret married in 1897 in Kalgoorlie (Marriage Registration 195/1897, Kalgoorlie). Little Isaac was the first of the children to come along in Bulong in 1898. However, he survived just 1 day and is buried in Bulong (Death Registration 389/1898). The second child, another male, stillborn in 1899 (Death Registration 699/1899, Bulong).  Finally, the arrival of Annie Adelaide - also for a very short period of time.  Elsie was born 10 January 1903 and survived for just 1 day.

Sadly, Isaac Bedwell died at Bulong 4 March 1904. An inquest was held that afternoon, with Mr. R. C. Jones being coroner, and a jury of three, with Mr.. C.Green as foreman. After hearing the evidence, the jury brought in the following verdict : "We find that the deceased, Isaac Bedwell, came to his death by cutting his throat with a razor whilst temporarily insane." He is buried in Bulong. At the time of his death, another male child, Robert James, was 7 weeks of age.

Margaret Bedwell, who was born in Sandhurst, Victoria, in 1870, subsequently returned to her home state where she remarried in 1908 and died at Newport, Victoria, in 1960 at the age of 90. years.

Isaac Bedwell was born 21 May 1871 at Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia. Margaret Ellen Miller was born 1870 at Sandhurst, Greater Bendigo Region, Victoria. The couple married in 1897 at Kalgoorlie (Marriage Registration 195/1897, Kalgoorlie). Their family consisted of Isaac, born and died 1898 at Bulong (Death Registration 389/1898); a male infant stillborn 27 April 1899 at Bulong (Death Registration 699/1899); Annie Adelaide born 1900, died 28 August 1901 at Mount Morgans; Robert James born February 1904, who was 7 weeks of age when Isaac died on 4 March 1904 at Bulong by his own hand.

Margaret Bedwell subsequently returned to her home state where she remarried in 1908 and died at Newport, Victoria, in 1960 at the age of 90 years. Annie Bedwell also features in this website.

Known as Louis Hugo.

After qualifying, at the age of 13, in the requisite elementary studies, and being possessed of sufficient funds (£300) to enable him to obtain his passport (his parents having died), Louis left Poland for California, being attracted by the wonderful tales of the richness of that place. Landing in New York, he, being too young, would not be permitted to go overland with the caravans and so shipped to Australia, landing in Sydney able to speak only a few words of English. Gold was shortly afterwards discovered, so he made for the fields and, as was the life of the earliest Australian prospectors, followed up all the great gold rushes in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and New Zealand. In 1868 he left New Zealand with £10,000 and came back to Hill End.

He married Mary Emmett, of Bathurst, sister of Mrs. B. O'Holtermann, by whom he had seven children and, making the Hill his home, stayed after all those who had amassed their wealth there had departed.  It was his capital that kept the district going for 25-years, though he was not fortunate in finding another rich vein.

Little James was the third child born to this couple. His older sisters were Florence Leonora born 1901 in Leonora (and died 1901), and Gwendolina Dorothy born at Norseman in 1902. There was possibly another boy born in 1907 but this has not been confirmed. The children's mother was born in Victoria in 1876. Their father was born in Victoria in 1880.

Known as Florence, this young lady met with a painful accident. When lighting a fire her clothes became ignited. She was severely burned and died on Thursday morning at the local hospital. The funeral took place on Friday at 4 p.m. It was the longest funeral procession ever seen in Morgans. About two hundred men marched in front of the hearse and some forty cyclists with their bicycles, representing the Gilbayana Cycle Club, and a large number of young girls dressed in white, who were mates of the deceased, also several vehicles followed the remains. There were many floral wreaths placed on the coffin. She is buried with her brother, David Booth, who died aged 7 months in May 1905. Other children known to have been born to Annie and Thomas Booth in Lambton, New South Wales were: Sarah Jane (known as Sadie) born 1880; Thomina Elizabeth Pouton born 1882; Stella Selina born 1884; Thomas Lionel born 1886; Lavinia Rose born 1890; Ethel Beatrice born 1892; Grace A born 1893; Leslie Leonard born 1903; and David Stewart born 1905. Thomas Booth died in 1928 back in Lambton, New South Wales. His wife died in 1947 in Newcastle. The couple married in 1880 in Jung Jung, Victoria.

The deceased's father, William John Brannigan, was born about 1852 in Antrim, Ireland.  He arrived in Melbourne in July 1861 and married Mary Jane Marquis in 1878 (Marriage Registration 1495/1878).  She was born in 1855 in Scotland.  There were three girls and two boys born to this marriage.  They were: Samuel Henry born 1879 in Kerang; Jane Ruth born 1881 in Kerang; an unnamed male child born and died in 1883; Alice Maud born 1884 in Kerang; Ethel May.

By 1910, Mary and William were living in Mount Magnet, Western Australia and may have arrived in the state a little earlier.  Mary died 8 November 1931 in Perth Death Registration 101684/1931, Perth) and is buried in Karrakatta. She was aged 76 years.  Her husband died aged 83 years in 1936 (Death Registration 101292/1936, Perth).  Ethel's brother, Samuel, died in Leonora in 1958 (Death Registration 4300018/1958, Mt Margaret), aged 79 years.