Outback Graves Markers

Sarah Cecilia SOUTHALL

Burial Location:Menzies Cemetery  (details...)
Place of Death: Menzies
Date of Death: 03 April 1899
Date of Burial:03 April 1899
Age:3 years, 2 months
Cause of Death:Gastric fever, enteritis and gastritis
OGM Ref#: 3331
Headstone:OGM Aluminium

Biography

This little girl had spent the first 2 years and 9 months of her life living in Victoria with her parents, before moving to Western Australia.  Her last nine days were spent suffering before she succumbed to death.

The child's parents were married in 1895 in Victoria (Marriage Registration 595/1895).

Seven children have been identified with this marriage.  Sarah Cecelia was the eldest.  Her siblings were: Eileen Mary born 1898 (Birth Registration 8231/1898, Ballarat); Alf born 1900 in Carlton (Birth Registration 1616/1900, Carlton); Thomas Henry born 1906 (Birth Registration 7738/1906, Ballarat); Raymond born 1909 (Birth Registration 16088/1909, Ballarat); Victor Michael born 1919 in Carlton (Birth Registration 32014/1919, Carlton).

Parents:Mary Hilda (nee GORMAN) and Alfred Ernest SOUTHALL (Tent Maker)
Birth Details:Born Ballarat, Victoria, in 1896; Birth Registration 8595/1896, East Ballarat
Death Certificate:634/1899