The deceased had been suffering out in the bush for some time before seeking medical attention.  He died after being a patient in the Menzies Hospital for a week.

His death was reported in a Tasmanian newspaper, which described him as "Another of the pioneers of the West Coast ... has passed away in the Coolgardie hospital. No one was better known on the Coast in the seventies and eighties than Alfred Conliffe. He made some lucky finds, but his case was that of many prospectors “the man who found the metal being Ieft in the cold" and the shrewd calculating speculator stepping in and scooping the pool. When the Westralian goldfields broke out Mr Conliffe was sent out on behalf of a syndicate, and from the news to hand he did well for the syndicate, but bad for himself. Typhoid took him off at the age of 46. He leaves relatives in Tasmania."

Alfred's father, Charles Oakley Conliffe, was born about 1819 in Tasmania.  He married Elizabeth Flexmore on 24 November 1843 in Hobart.  She was born 16 April 1820 in Hobart.  Of their three known children, Alfred was the second.  His siblings were: George Charles Flexmore Conliffe, born 4 October 1844 at Sandy Bay, Tasmania; Mary Frances born 16 January 1852 but died just a few days later on 31 January 1852.  Their mother died 26 December 1879 at Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand, her husband in 1882 at Pleasant Point, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Alfred's wife, Margaret, remained in Tasmania and died 17 October 1943 at Sandy Bay, Tasmania.

Stephen Cornwall fought bravely for 60 days in an effort to beat off that dreaded illness.  

Sometimes known as Robert Crocker.

This young man battled on for six weeks before eventually succumbing to the illness which had reached epidemic proportions in the district.

The deceased had suffered from typhoid for 24 days before he died.

Frederick was the second son born in a family of 6 boys and 2 girls to Elizabeth and Frederick Dighton.  Frederick William Senior was born 15 August 1827 in Hackney, Middlesex, England.  Frederick migrated to Port Adelaide on 20 September 1853 on the Satellite. On 3 December 1862, he married Elizbeth Bell, who was born  in 1840.  Frederick was one of the original shepherds on Pandurra Station for James Waller way back in the late sixties (1860s).  He died on 23 May 1889 at Port Augusta.  Elizabeth predeceased him when she died on 30 May 1876 at Mt Brown, South Australia.

Young Frederick William, known in Menzies as Edward Dayton, had apparently been suffering in the bush for some time before seeking medical attention.  He then spent two weeks in the hospital at Menzies before succumbing to his illness.  

The deceased was another victim of the dreadful epidemic which was sweeping through Menzies.

His father, William Doak, was born about 1839, his mother, Margaret Sheldon, on 25 July 1844 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.  The couple were married in New Zealand in 1867 and started their family of nine children born between 1868 and 1884.  There were three boys and six girls in the family.  They were: Robert born 22 May 1868; William born 17 October 1869; Margaret Martin born 1871; Janet Plowright born 6 September 1874; Mary Turner born 10 January 1878; Sarah Ann born 25 February 1880; Jane Blackie born 4 February 1882; Marion Nimmo born 4 March 1884.  Their father, William, died 5 February 1906.  Their mother died  31 July 1919 at Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.

It was a swift demise for Mr Dore, who passed away within 9 days of his treatment.  He had spent the first 25 years of his life in Victoria before moving over to Western Australia.

The deceased's wife, Mary, was living in Pyrmont, New South Wales, with her four children, "Jessie, Gertie, Lizzie, Willie" at the time of their father's death in Menzies. 

Known as George Elliott.

This pioneer was buried in the Anglican portion of the Menzies Cemetery. 

George was the third of seven children born to Matilda and Joseph Elliott, who were married 4 April 1836 at Chilthorn Domer, Somerset, England.  Their other children were: James born 1830 at Tintinhill; Elizabeth born 21 January 1842 at Tintinhill; George Vigar born 1844; Robert born 1847; Job born October 1851 at Mudford, Somerset.  The family then migrated to New South Wales on 3 October 1854, on the Lady Ann.  They stayed just one day in Sydney before moving to Wagga Wagga, where they took up a farm at North Wagga Wagga, which Joseph named Summer Hill.

Sadly, Joseph, who was stationed at Brown's ferry house, drowned in October 1855 while working the ferry service "punt ", which was loaded with wheat.  He became entangled in a tarpaulin cover.  This was situated near the site of the Hamden Bridge.

Even more tragically, the couple's sixth child, Sarah Susannah, was born just a matter of days later, on 6 November 1855 at North Wagga Wagga (Birth Registration 7467/1855 V18557467 121C).  The couple had another daughter but further details are not known.  She died in 1899.

Matilda, who was born in 1817 in Chilthorne Domer, Domerset, England, married Joseph Baldwin in 1959 (Marriage Registration 3061/1859, Wagga Wagga) and another daughter, Bethioa Ruth Elliott Baldwin, was born 26 February 1861.  Bethia pre-deceased her mother when she died on 22 January 1886.  Matilda died 22 February 1899 at Summer Hill.  She was aged 82 years.

It is not known when or how the deceased, George Elliott, a very successful businessman in New South Wales, then came across to Western Australia.

Little Eleanor May was the third of 14 children born to this couple between 1895 and 1917. Alfred and Annie Bertha were married 13 June 1894 at Broken Hill, New South Wales, where their first child, Louisa Mary, was born on 14 December 1895 ((Birth Registration 7831/1895, Broken Hill).  It seems they then came to Western Australia, where Alfreader Menzies Kate was born in Menzies in 1896 (Birth Registration 635/1897) and Eleanor May was born Menzies 1897 (Birth Registration 636/1897). Other children born in this family were: Vera Bertha born in Menzies 1898 (Birth Registration 1005/1898); Dorothy May born 1900 at Malcolm; Alfred John born 19 September 1903 at Mount Malcolm (Birth Registration 3561/1903); Albert George born 2 September 1904 at Mt Malcolm (Birth Registration 3855/1904); Myra Annie born 11 August 1906 at Mount Malcolm (Birth Registration 4300116/1906, Mt Margaret); Francis William born 10 December 1908 at Mount Malcolm (Birth Registration 4300022/1909, Mt Margaret); Sylvia Marjory born 15 August 1910 at Mount Malcolm (Birth Registration 400125/1910, Mt Margaret); Phillip James Ritchie born 26 August 1911 at Mount Malcolm (Birth Registration 4300098/1911, Mt Margaret); Walter Adolph born 5 May 1913 at Mt Lawley (Birth Registration 100837/1913, Perth); Robert Anzac born 18 April 1916 at Mount Malcolm (Birth Registration 100675/1916, Perth).

The children's father, Alfred, born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, in 1867, died 1925 in Royal Perth Hospital, aged 57 years, and his wife, who was born in Germany in 1877, died 14 April 1928 at 36 Gardiner Street, Mt Lawley, aged 51 years.

Little Eleanor May's older sister, Alfreader (Freda) Menzies Kate, married a stockman, Robert Wilson, and died 9 June 1919 at Ord River Station. Her story appears on this website.

Herbert Maxwell Ewen was the fifth son of the late Robert Ewen and his wife, Christina Janet Hart, who were married on 23 August 1855 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Their family consisted of 6 sons, followed by a much awaited daughter. They were David born 18 March 1857; Harry Hart born 7 July 1857; Twins Stephen and Robert Ninian born 8 November 1861; Frederick Winton born 3 December 1864; and a much awaited daughter, Christina Maud born 29 April 1867.

Robert Ewen died 30 November 1875 in Ayr and Frederick, together with his brothers Roberts and Frederick, went to live with his maternal uncle, Harry Hart.

Between 1881 and 1891, Herbert migrated to Australia and in 1891 married Alice Margaret Budd.  

A former resident of Mt Ida and Mildura, Herbert left a wife and child in Melbourne.

The deceased had been under medical supervision for 7 days before his demise.

The deceased spent the first 23 years of his life in Victoria before joining the exodus to Western Australia.

His father, Samuel, was born in Durham, England, about 1833, where his mother was also born in 1842.  They married on 3 October 1867 in Gateshead, Durham, before migrating to Victoria to start their family of four boys and five girls. Samuel was the fourth of those children.  His siblings were: Thomas Emmerson born 1868 in Whroo, Victoria; Jane born 1869 in Sandhurst; Mary Ann was born and died in 1871; George William born 1873 in Sandhurst; Elizabeth Ann born 1874 in Sandhurst; Isabella Marie born 1876 in Bendigo; Samuel born 1878; Joseph Robert born 1888 in Bendigo; and Frances Florence born in 1883.

Samuel Gibson senior died in Bendigo in 1894.  His wife died in Bendigo in 1922.

George William Gibson was reported as being the first man connected with the local press to died in Menzies.  Constable W Bennett had been a mate of the deceased for over eight years and had formed a brotherly attachment to him.  He made all the funeral arrangements and acted as chief mourner.