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William JORDAN

Burial Location:Youanmi  (details...)
Occupation: Engineer
Place of Death: Youanmi
Date of Death: 19 March 1914
Date of Burial:24 March 1914
Age:46 years
Cause of Death:Heart Failure
OGM Ref#: 1563
Headstone:OGM Aluminium
Monument Style: Wooden surrounds which have now fallen away. A stone/marble headstone with inscription

Inscription

In
Loving Memory
Of
WILLIAM JORDAN
Who died 19th March 1914
Aged 46 Years
____
Erected by his loving wife
and Daughters

Ref 1563 William Jordan Youanmi

Ref 1563 William Jordan Youanmi

This is a photo of William Jordan's grave at Youanmi

Ref 1563 William Jordan Youanmi Cemetery

This is the Youanmi Cemetery showing William Jordan's grave

William Jordan's grave in the Youanmi Cemetery

Biography

The deceased was the third of eight children born to John and Elizabeth who married on 10 September 1863 at McCallum Creek, Victoria. Their other children were: Anne Mary born 1864; Richard Michael born 1866; Elizabeth born 1869; George Mulvihill born 1873; Robert born 1875; Gerald born 1876; Maud Ellen born 1879. John Humphries was born in 1832 in Warwickshire, England. His wife was born in 1839 in County Kerry, Ireland. They both died in Victoria, she in 1909 and her husband in 1915. The deceased left an estate valued at £473 2s. ,6d to his wife, Martha Jordan.

Parents:Elizabeth (nee MULVIHILL) and John Humphries JORDAN
Spouse:Martha WOODMAN
Marriage Details:1898, Perth: Marriage Registration 946/1898, Perth
Children:Sylvia Hannah Elizabeth born 3 February 1900, Victoria; Mary born 19 April 1902 at Boulder (Birth Registration 1031/1902, Boulder in the name of JORDON)
Birth Details:28 September 1867, Baringhup, Victoria; Birth Registration 22811/1867, Maldon
Death Certificate:4/1914, Black Range
State Records Office: William Jordan AU WA S59 cons3458 1914/069 Item - Part of APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (ORIGINALS)
Comments:His age is recorded in the Death Notice by his wife as being 44.