Carson left his estate valued at £878 to Abelard William Palfreyman.

The child's parents were married in Victoria in 1898 (Marriage Registration 4457/1898). The deceased had at least four known siblings: Mary (Birth Registration 15659/1899), Kathleen Eva (Birth Registration 512/1901), William Francis (Birth Registration 599/1902), Patrick Walters (Birth Registration 8583/1911), all born in Victoria, whilst Hazel herself was born in Western Australia. William Francis died in Wiluna a few months before his sister and is also buried in Wiluna.

The child's parents were married in Victoria in 1898 (Marriage Registration 4457/1898). The deceased had at least four known siblings: Mary (Birth Registration 15659/1899), Kathleen Eva (Birth Registration 512/1901), Patrick Walters (Birth Registration 8583/1911), all born in Victoria and Hazel Gwendoline born in Western Australia (Birth Registration 3809/1903, Wiluna). Hazel Gwendoline died in Wiluna a few months after her brother William Francis and is also buried in Wiluna.

Claude's mother, who was born 10 August 1866, Tasmania (NAME_INDEXES:970210), married his father in 1895, in Melbourne, Victoria (Marriage Reg.No.3137/1895). His older sister, Doris, was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, in 1896. His other siblings were Claude Walter, born 1899, Elsternwick, Victoria (died Wiluna 1900); Cecil Walter, born 1900, Wiluna (died 1902); and Walter, stillborn 1907. Their mother died of childbirth, bronchitis and pleurisy following the stillbirth of little Walter in 1907 in Black Range. Her story appears in this website, buried at Black Range, Sandstone. From the news article of Amy’s death, Doris was a bright little girl of 11 years of age at the time. Nothing further is known of what became of her. Walter Prior Gaffney had previously been a storekeeper at Guildford in Western Australia (1906) and also in Peak Hill working as an assayer in 1906. Later he moved to Kalgoorlie where he married Ethel Lizzie Edwards, from Victoria, in 1914. They returned to Victoria about 1921 where he died in 1946 and she in 1951.

Mr Tom Howard was one of the oldest identities on Cue and Lake Way. Although a single man, he was betrothed to be married. His diagnosis was made by the local 'medico'. He left a bereaved mother.

Witnesses present at the burial were Andrew Ireland (probably his brother-in-law) and Montague Chapman, a prominent man at Lake Way, which later became known as Wiluna. Mr Kewley had come from Northam and had been staying with his sister, Mrs Ireland, for two months. Mr. Kewley was a recent arrival, being only two months on the field and during that time he was staying with his sister, Mrs. A. Ireland, who attended to him. Mr. Kewley was well known in Fremantle and also Northam, where he was in business as a tinsmith. He took a great interest in sport and was well thought of by all who met him. His the second death in Wiluna. Mr Kewley's parents were both born on the Isle of Man, William on 1 April 1831 and his wife in 1834. Arthur Nicholas had five siblings, all born in Victoria. They were Emily Edith, born 1859, Jane Agnes born 1861, William Henry Albert Edward born 1863, Edwin Joughin born 1865 and Emmeline Eunice Maud born 1869. Their mother, Jane Agnes, died in Victoria in 1871, aged 37 years, and their father died in Western Australia in 1897, aged 65 (Death Registration 2371/1897). In the Western Mail in 1938, the Pioneer Cemetery was described as being a "small group of graves in the scrub at the back of the Wiluna railway station". An accompanying photograph shows that at that time, a wooden picket-type fence surrounded the grave. Current photos show that most of the timber of the fence has now disappeared.

The deceased was killed under peculiar circumstances. He had been on the night shift in the Lady Violet gold mine, and was in bed at his camp about 11 o'clock, when a charge of dynamite fired in the open-cut near at hand hurled a piece of stone into the air, which then crashed through the roof of the camp, killing him instantly. The stone weighed 5 pounds and struck Mahoney below the left ear. At the inquest before Mr Milton, J.P., and Messrs. Norfolk, Brown, and Watson, jurymen, James Mahoney, a brother of deceased, stated in evidence that on Thursday, the 7th, he saw a stone fall on the camp occupied by his brother and himself and, upon running over, he found bis brother lying on his bunk dead. Dr Crawford, who was on the property at the time, gave evidence as to seeing the body at the camp. There was blood in the left ear and a bruise at the back of the head extending from the ear for about four inches down the neck. He held a post mortem on the body. There was no fracture of the skull. Death was due to concussion, accelerated through the deceased being asleep when the stone struck him. Constable Whatman gave evidence of the distance between the open cut and the camp and found it to be 284 feet. The depth from which the shot was fired was 32 feet, He had had considerable experience in mining and did not consider the hole a dangerous one. The jury, after a few minutes' retirement, recorded a finding of accidental death, there being no blame attachable to anyone. The deceased was one of nine children. His siblings were: John born 1862, Thomas born 1866, Ellen born 1869, Mary born 1872, James born 1874, Michael born 1877, Edward born 1880 and Samuel born 1882. Their mother was born in County Clare, Ireland, and had migrated to South Australia with her parents and siblings in 1858. She married James Mahoney on 21 August 1861 at Kapunda (Marriage Registration 47/387). He died in 1908 and Katherine died in 1913.

Mrs McColl died four days after giving birth to her stillborn son. Both are buried in the Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.

The child's parents were married in Coolgardie district in 1896 (Marriage Registration 58/1896, Coolgardie) as Lena Purtill and Hugh McCall. Sadly, Elena Anna died four days after the stillbirth of her son and is also buried in the Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.

Robert McKenzie died some time during November 1901 in the bush about 73 miles north-east of Wiluna. His remains (minus his skull) were found in 1902 and brought to Wiluna for burial in the Pioneer Cemetery. They were buried by James T Whatman, witnessed by Frederick Salem. His death was certified in writing by Police Constable James T Whatman (Regimental No 596), of Wiluna.

At the time, Robert McKenzie and Frederick Coltman became lost out from Lake Way, Constable Whatman found the remains of Coltman, who also perished from thirst but he only came across part of McKenzie's clothing and found no trace of his remains. McKenzie's two camels were found alive and these were brought in.

McKenzie, together with James Ross, was one of the pioneer prospectors of the Mt Margaret district and his name is perpetuated in "McKenzie's Well". "Christmas Gift" gold mine was first discovered by Bob McKenzie, Jim Ross, Andy Clements, Mick Morrissey and Baker around 1892-3.

Full name of the deceased was Herbert (Albert) George William MERCHANT, known as Albert Merchant. The deceased's parents were married in Tenterfield, New South Wales, in 1869 (Marriage Registration 3542/1869, Tenterfield) and began their family of nine children, of which Albert (born as Herbert George William) was the fourth of 6 boys and 3 girls. They were: James Joseph born 1870, Harriet Ann born 1872, Thomas Edward born 1874, Francis Hugh born 1877, Rebecca Emma born 1881, Phillip Richard born 1883, Matilda Jane born 1886 and Walter George born 1888. Their father died in 1902 at Drake, New South Wales, and his widow then married his younger brother, George, and had a further two children by him before her death in 1924 at Tenterfield.

The deceased was one of 10 children, of which there were 5 boys and 3 girls who survived and 1 girl and 1 boy deceased.

Mr Owens was born in the most northerly town in Wales, on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey. His known siblings were Ellen and Jane, born 1867, and David 1876.

Mr Quinlan was one of 9 children born to Anne and Thomas Quinlan in Victoria between 1861 and 1877. The couple were married in 1859 (Marriage Registration 4125/1859). Their children were: Catherine (Birth Registration 7170/1861); Jeremiah (Birth Registration 15523/1863); Benjamin (Birth Registration 23761/1865); Johannah (Birth Registration 17725/1869); Ellen (Birth Registration 4538/1871); Anne (Birth Registration 4819/1875); Mary (Birth Registration 4648/1877).