John Henry Brown was born 10 May 1910 and his wife in 1913. They were married at Moora in 1931 (Marriage Registration 19/1931, Moora). Their second daughter, Elizabeth (Betty) was born 1934 and a son, Eric, was born in 1942. There were apparently 3 other girls born to this couple.

Known as Lottie, also Tots and Tottie. Lottie's father was the night officer at the Watheroo Station. He and his wife had only recently brought their family out to Western Australia from England in 1913 and they had settled into the local community in Watheroo very quickly. Lottie was popular at school and will be sadly missed by the congregation at the Methodist Church, where she was the organist. Her death came as a great shock to her parents and siblings who had hardly realised the seriousness of the illness until about the middle of the previous week when she was visited by Mr Hughes, who immediately arranged for her to be taken to the Moora Hospital. On arrival at the hospital, the poor girl was found to be in a hopeless condition, her death coming just a few days later. Lottie was the fifth of nine children born to the Elphicks. The others were Laurie, born 1888; Francis (Fanny) born 1889; Harry James (Sonny) born 1891; Henry William born 1892; Daisy born 1901; Twins Sidney and Reginald, born 1903; Stanley born 1905. All children were born in England. Lottie was buried in Watheroo Cemetery by Robert William Thompson, farmer, WJ Cramp (Methodist) and GT York. She was the first person to be buried in that cemetery. Her parents understood the blood poisoning to have been caused by toxins from her stockings. Ironically, the Watheroo Cemetery, Reserve No 13748, was actually gazetted in 1911, but when the site was set aside as a 'disused burial ground', Harry Elphick became involved in community affairs and was instrumental in having the cemetery consecrated and ready for use, little knowing that his daughter, Lottie, would be the first person to be buried there.

Reginald was the younger brother of Lottie (Charlotte) Elphick, who appears in this website. Their father was the night officer at the Watheroo Station. He and his wife had only recently brought their family out to Western Australia from England in 1913 and they had settled into the local community in Watheroo very quickly. Harry Elphick became involved in community affairs and, when the Watheroo Cemetery, Reserve No 13748, which had been gazetted in 1911, was to be set aside as a 'disused burial ground', Harry was instrumental in having the cemetery consecrated and ready for use, little knowing that his daughter, Lottie, would be the first person to be buried there. Reginald was the second youngest of nine children born to the Elphicks, who married in Sussex in October 1887. The other children were Laurie, born 1888; Francis (Fanny) born 1889; Harry James (Sonny) born 1891; Henry William born 1892; Charlotte Caroline (Lottie) born 1898; Daisy born 1901; Reginald and his twin, Sidney, born 1903; Stanley born 1905. All children were born in England. Reginald remained in Watheroo for some time after leaving school and became a fettler on the railway line. After marrying Queenie, he served in the army and they later moved to Kalgoorlie where he was a cook in woodcutting camps and then at the Kalgoorlie Hospital. Reginald died in Fremantle and his ashes were taken to be placed in Charlotte's grave at Watheroo. The cemetery was officially closed for burials in September 1963.

Little Theresa Veronica's parents were married in 1909 (Marriage Registration 4/1909, Victoria Plains). The family have told the story that little Theresa Veronica was what folks in those days called a "blue baby", another name for a hole in the heart. The septum that divides the heart has a hole in it which is supposed to close over shortly after birth. If the hole does not close, the oxygenated and the deoxygenated blood mix, causing the baby to look blue. Because Theresa always looked blue, she was kept in her cane pram in front of the kitchen wood stove. When Theresa died, her mother "went into shock" and was put to bed. From her bed, Josephine kept asking one of the older daughters to keep looking after the baby to see that she was all right. Josephine's mother, Mary Ann Kelly, travelled from Bindoon for the funeral. Theresa's little coffin was conveyed to the cemetery by her mother and father in the back of their sulky. Their farm was approximately 7 miles from Watheroo townsite. They travelled to the cemetery, crossing over the railway line onto the side road and the cemetery is on the left hand side. The burial was witnessed by Mary Ann Kelly, nee Butler. The service was conducted under the rites of the Roman Catholic Church by a monk from New Norcia. Other children born to this couple were Vernon Augustus (Bernie) born 1910; Dorothy Mary, born 1911; Daphne Ellen, born 15 June 1915; Aleta Jean, born 1917; George Allan, born 28 July 1923, Patricia Anne, born 2 December 1926; Kenneth Joseph, born 1929. Their father died 1967 in Perth and Josephine lived at East Maylands until 6 February 1982. Sadly, all Theresa's sisters have died before this plaque could be made.

The little girl's father, Peter Alexander, was born at Gingin on 14 March 1873, her mother at Toodyay in 1875.  The couple were married on 1 July 1894 at Gingin (Marriage Registration 266/1894).  Their home was on the backs section of Town Lot 27 in Gingin, while he was being employed on the Midland Railway.

This little girl was the sixth of their nine children.  Her siblings were: Edward James born 1894 in Dandaragan (Birth Registration 1333/1894); Ethel May born 1896 in Gingin (Birth Registration 935/1896); Decorsy/De Causey born about 1897 at Gingin (Birth Registration 1570/1897); Ada born 1899 at Dandaragan (Birth Registration 1317/1899); Ettie/Hettie Elizabeth born 1901 at Watheroo (Birth Registration 5359/1901); Ellen born 23 September 1904 at Gingin (Birth Registration 3308/1904); Letter born 1905 at Gingin (Birth Registration 2/1906); Kathleen 21 September 1908 at Gingin (Birth Registration 17/1908, Gingin); Eric Cuthbert born 22 April 1913 at Gingin (Birth Registration 6/1913, Gingin).

The little girl was buried at Watheroo by Peter Alexander Murray, father of the child.  The burial was witnessed by Frederick Warner.

Ellen died 4 September 1940 at Gingin and her husband died there on 4 December 1959.

The deceased, who had been ailing for some time, took a sudden bad turn at the end of the week. Dr. Myles was hastily summoned but on his arrival could not hold out much hope, serious heart trouble being apparent, from which she had suffered for some considerable time. A daughter, Ivy Jessica, was born to Ellen and William in 1897 at Claremont (Birth Registration 135/1897, Claremont) but died aged 9 weeks (Death Registration 113/1897). William Benjamin NELSON was a farmer at Watheroo. He was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, in 12 June 1870. He enlisted in the AIF 22 October 1916, putting his age at 44 years and 4 months, and directing his army pay to be sent to his son, Ivan, who was living in Victoria Park with Mr Robert Henry McDonald, brother of the child's mother, Ellen. William Benjamin died at Rockingham in 1949, aged 79 years. Mrs Nelson was the fourth child in a family of eleven children born in New Zealand between 1864 and 1888. Her siblings were: Elizabeth Ann born 1872; Robert Henry born 1874; George Archibald born 1878; William Nicol born 1880; Isabella born 1882; Adeline Maud Matilda born 1884. Their parents were married in New Zealand in 1863. At the time Ellen and William were married, William's sister, Sarah Shepherdson and her husband and family moved from South Australia to Mundaring, then Collie, and finally to Watheroo, working on the Nelson farm while William was at war. William married Lilian Gray in Perth in 1920.

Born Ellen, this lady was known at various times as Ellen Mary or Ellen Margaret. Ellen's father, Thomas Francis GROVES, was born in Worcestershire, England, in 1838 to James Groves and Ann Maycock. He married Eleanor Toohey at Newcastle (Toodyay) in 1867. Ellen Margaret was the fifth of seven children born to the couple. The others were: George James born in 1868, Thomas Michael born 1870 (Birth Registration 12104/1870), Mary Jane born 1872 (Birth Registration 14005/1872), Sarah Elizabeth born 1874, Frederick Peter born 1879 (Birth Registration 20079/1879) and John William born 1882 (Birth Registration 23082/1882). Thomas Francis Groves died 22 June 1922 in Toodyay. His wife, who was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1848, died 1922 in Moora. Ellen and Robert's eldest son, Robert Thomas, enlisted in the army on 1 April 1916 and was killed in action on 1 May 1916. He was then listed as being killed in action on the field in Belgium on 1 August 1917. He is commemorated at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Memorial Panel 27, Belgium. No 138. Following his wife's death in 1916, Robert William Thompson enlisted in the army on 10 April 1917, was reported missing in action on 24 April 1918 and was reported as being killed in action on 25 May 1918. On 20 June 1919, he was buried at Villers Bretonneux. Robert William left an estate valued at £218 to Charles Simon Thompson.

Witnesses present at the burial were JH Maher and L Elphick. The child's parents were married at New Norcia in 1895 (Marriage Registration 277/1895, New Norcia). Her siblings were: Robert Thomas born 1896 (Birth Registration 2487/1896); Frederick James born 1898 (Birth Registration 4563/1898); Ignatius John born 1902 (Birth Registration 5857/1902); Marjorie Gertrude born 1905 (Birth Registration 680/1905) and Patrick Francis born 1905 (Birth Registration 7081/1905). The child's mother died the following year and is also buried in Watheroo Cemetery. She was aged just 41 years and her story appears in this website.

The child was buried by Peter Murray at Watheroo. Witnesses to the burial were PH Hoddy and Theodore Tonkin. The child's parents were married in Guildford in 1902 (Marriage Registration 1888/1902). They also had a son, John, who died 15 July 1903 at Koojan in the Moora district. Theo Tonkin was born 30 October 1874 at Fremantle. His wife in 1874. She died in 1941 in Adelaide and Theo remarried. The second marriage produced two more daughters and a son.