Biography

The deceased's siblings were: George born 1868 (Birth Registration 7789/1868, Buninyong); Mary born 1869 (Birth Registration 7258/1869, Buninyong); Margaret Ann born 1871 (Birth Registration 7639/1871, Buninyong); Eliza born 1872 (Birth Registration 21873/1872, Buninyong).  Their parents were married in Victoria in 1867 (Marriage Registration 1532/1867).

This young man was yet another victim of the typhoid epidemic which swept through the district.  In March 1896, the local council was doing all they could to keep the town clean, burning brush fences and clearing out scrub which surrounded the town, sweeping the streets regularly etc.  But without sufficient funds to create a closed pan system for sewerage, they expected this would continue for some time.  Evidence shows it was still rampant in 1899.