Outback Graves Markers

Albert EASTMON

Burial Location:Malcolm (Lake Raeside)  (details...)
Place of Death: North Star Goldmine, Malcolm
Date of Death: 19 November 1897
Date of Burial:22 November 1897
Age:59 years
Cause of Death:Crushed by a fall of earth
OGM Ref#: 0390
Headstone:OGM Aluminium
Monument Style: Outback Grave Marker
REF 0390

REF 0390

Biography

A miner who died in a fall of earth at the "North Star" gold mine at Malcolm. It appears that some of the ground came away suddenly, and that 2cwt of stuff fell on the man, who was dead before he could be extracted from the debris. He was described as being "a man well advanced in life". Two of his sons were engaged as engine drivers on the mines.
Parents:Mary OLSEN and Estine EASTMON
Spouse:Isabella CROZIER
Marriage Details:1867, Victoria; Marriage Reg.No. 4094/1867
Children:Mary Jane (1638/1868, Clunes, Vic.), Amelia (7565/1869, Clunes, Vic), Martha (14614/1870, Clunes, Vic.), Ernest (22220/1871, Clunes, Vic.), Elizabeth Ellen (14779/1875, Clunes, Vic.), Albert Andrew (21883/1876, Clunes, Vic.), John Samuel (21812/1878, Clun
Birth Details:Circa 1838, Tronghonaso, Norway
Death Certificate:1445/1897