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Henry WILSON

Burial Location:Menzies Cemetery  (details...)
Occupation: Accountant
Place of Death: Menzies Hospital
Date of Death: 29 November 1897
Date of Burial:30 November 1897
Age:60 years
Cause of Death:Dysentery; Exhaustion
OGM Ref#: 2878
Headstone:OGM Aluminium

Biography

The deceased had lived in Victoria for over 20 years before moving across to Western Australia.  At the time of his death, Henry was the accountant of the Menzies United Gold Mine Company.

Born in Yorkshire, Henry arrived in Australia on 28 June 1849 on the Caroline Agnes, into Geelong, Victoria, and married Mary Ellen five years later  She outlived him by a number of years when she died on 4 September 1929 in Camberwell, Victoria.

Parents:Ann (nee ELLIS) and John WILSON
Spouse:Mary Ellen SHERIDAN
Marriage Details:Married 9 May 1854 at Geelong, Victoria; Marriage Registration 1775/1854
Children:Francis Benjamin born 21 February 1856, died 11 October 1856; Anne Eliza S born 14 December 1856, died 25 December 1857; Laura Maria born 31 July 1858, died 8 April 1864, aged 5 years; Henry Ellis born 16 June 1860; Lillian Emma born 7 July 1864; Effie Louisa Sheridan born 7 February 1867; Harold York Richmond born 1 November 1869.
Birth Details:Born in 1831 in Ossett (or Austwick), Yorkshire, England
Death Certificate:735/1897