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LEGEND: b = Buried, d = Died, Occ = Occupation, Mt Margaret = Mount Margaret, Reg = Registration.
RC = Roman Catholic, ANG = Anglican or Church of England, METH = Methodist/Wesleyan,
PRES = Presbyterian,
WA = Western Australia, NSW = New South Wales, VIC = Victoria, QLD = Queensland, SA = South Australia. TAS = Tasmania, NT = Northern Territory.


Note: The person registering the death is only listed if it was someone other than the police or an undertaker.

THREDGOLD Lewis Philip 77yrs, d 30 Aug 1958, at his residence at Agnew, Pensioner, Cause: Heart Failure and Senility, Father: Henry THREDGOLD, Mother: Susannah Charlotte ASHMORE, Born: 17 Sep 1882 Kalangadoo SA, Married to Mary Loveday HIGGINBOTTOM in Glenelg SA in 1918, Reg 17/1958 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TILBANGA Vera — 38yrs, d 28 Feb 1952, at Leonora Hospital, from Cosmo Newberry WA, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Born: Warburton Ranges, WA, Reg 6/1952 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TILBROOK William Horace — 56yrs, d 19 Jun 1959, at Sanitary Depot, Tower St, Leonora, Cause: Cardiac Infarction, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Frederick TILBROOK (Farmer), Mother: Rose Julia BALLARD, Born: Fremantle WA, Married to Jessie Violet SAYERS in Perth WA on 27th Mar 1926, Children: Adelaide Rosemary 32yrs, Harvey Robert 31yrs, Alan David 30yrs, James Frederick 29yrs, Colin Albert 27yrs, Lawrence William 25yrs, Lesley Marise 22yrs, Herbert Clive 19yrs, Reg 11/1959 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TILLER Edith 5 days, d 29 Mar 1918, at Railway Street, Gwalia, Cause: Spina Bifida, Father: William Wallace Alexander TILLER (Grocers Assistant), Mother: Mabel Christine LEOPOLD, Born Gwalia, Reg 8/1918 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TIMMS Julie Anne — 48yrs, b 15 Feb 2014, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TISI Bortolo — 54yrs, d 2 Nov 1925, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: Luigi TISI (Farmer), Mother: Maria BORNATINI, Born: Sondolo Italy, In WA 17yrs, Reg 17/1925 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Lorenzo TOGNALI

TOGNALI Lorenzo — 51yrs, d 21 Jul 1955, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Verdict of the Coroner after post-mortem, Father: Giuseppe TOGNALI (Farmer), Mother: Lucia TEVINI, Born: Vione, Italy, Married to Elizabeth TOGNI in Gwalia WA on 1 Sep 1934, Children: Joseph 19yrs, Lucy 18yrs, Reg 14/1955 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TOGNI Giovanni 47yrs, d 26 Feb 1918, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Appendicular abscess, Father: Alberto TOGNI (Miner), Mother: Anna STERLI, Born Castenedolo Italy, In WA 21yrs, Married to Lucia SONETTI in Castenedolo Italy at age 24yrs, Children: Albert 25yrs, Peter 20yrs, Mary Ann 5yrs, Elizabeth 4yrs, Deceased 2 males 1 female, Reg 5/1918 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Giovanni & Lucia TOGNI

TOGNI Lucia 78yrs, d  28 Aug 1951, at Leonora Hospital, Pensioner, Cause: Uraemia, Born: Cortonedolo, Italy, In WA 40yrs, Father: Pietro TOGNI (Farmer), Mother: Elizabeth MAZZICHELLI, Widowed, Married to Giovanni TOGNI in Cortonedolo, Italy on 17 Dec 1893, Children: Albert deceased, Peter, deceased, Mary Ann 38yrs, Elizabeth 37yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 11/1951, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Netta TOGNI

TOGNI Mary Ann ‘Netta’ — 55yrs, b 17 Sep 1967, Born: Gwalia WA, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TOGNOLINI Pietro — 32yrs, d 4 May 1935, on the Leonora to Gwalia Rd, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause, Shock from a fractured skull caused by a motor accident on the Leonora Gwalia Rd, Verdict of the Coroner, Born: Tirano Italy, In WA about 7yrs, Reg 11/1935 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TOMASETTI Bob 47yrs, d 25 Aug 1930, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Inhalation of carbon monoxide at No 4 level Sons of Gwalia GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Benigno TOMASETTI (dec), Mother: Maria SOLDI, Born Samco, ITALY, Reg 18/1930 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

TOMMY aboriginal — 17yrs, d 1 May 1940, at Leonora Hospital, Cause, Pneumonia, Cardia Failure, Father: Immuka, Mother: Yanetta, Reg 15/1940 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TOONTHARRA Minnie 100yrs, b 17 Oct 1984, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Freddy TOWER

TOWER Albert Frederick 15mths, d 12 Feb 1918, at Railway Station Masters House, Gwalia, Cause: Gastric Toxaemia, Meningitis, Father: Albert Edward TOWER (Railway Station Master), Mother: Mary Jane May MCFARLANE, Born Kalgoorlie WA, Reg 4/1918 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TOZER Thomas 52yrs, d 8 Aug 1928, In motor car travelling on the road between Murrin and Leonora, exact location not known, Occ: Hotel Keeper, Cause: Fatty Heart, Cirrhosis of liver, In WA for 30yrs, Reg 12/1928 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TRAVERS William Bruno 57yrs, d 18 Jun 1917, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Croupous Pneumonia, Born: King Edward Island, Canada, Reg 19/1917 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TRAVIS Leopold George — 63yrs, d 18 Aug 1937, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Storekeeper & Invalid Pensioner, Cause: Myocarditis, Father: Thomas Gorst TRAVIS (Bank Manager), Mother: Jean Elizabeth MCBALL, Born: Queenstown New Zealand, In NZ 20yrs, In WA 43yrs, Married to Annie Joseph ASHWELL in Sandstone WA at age 35yrs, Children: Leo Patrick 28yrs, Death registered by Leo TRAVIS (Son), Reg 19/1937 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TRESSIDER Marcus — 9mths, b 15 Mar 2008, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TRINCA Giuseppe — 28yrs, d 10 Jan 1906, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidental death through explosion of gelignite, Verdict of the Coroner, Mother: Ellena LUCHINI, Born Italy, Reg 5/1906 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

TRUNDLE unnamed male — d 27 Jul 1957, Cause: Stillborn, Prematurity, Placental Haemorrhage, Father: Henry William TRUNDLE (Station Manager), Mother: Bernice Ruth SWEET, Reg 12/1957 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Wilfred TRUNDLE

TRUNDLE Wilfred Robert 63yrs, d 19 Feb 1960, at Rajah Extended GM, Agnew, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Father: Henry James TRUNDLE (Farmer), Mother: Jane EGLINGTON, Born: Downham, England, in WA 39yrs, Reg 2/1960 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TRUSCOTT William James 43yrs, d 20 Jun 1918, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Gunshot wound on face and skull, accidentally caused, Verdict of Coroner, Father: James TRUSCOTT, Mother: Rebecca Ann AITKIN, Born: Sofala NSW, In NSW 24yrs, In WA 19yrs, Married to Agnes Josephine HAYES in Perth WA at 28yrs of age. Children: Elsie Rebecca 14yrs, Hilda Mavis 12yrs, Olive Myra 10yrs, Reg 13/1918 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TUCKER Clarke Kevin — 11mths, d 23 May 1946, at Gwalia, Cause: Measles, Broncho Pneumonia, Father: John TUCKER (Labourer), Mother: Bessie O’LOUGHLIN, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, Reg Mt Margaret 9/1946, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TUCKER Gordon — 9mths, d 29 Apr 1946, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: Charles Edward TUCKER, Mother: Jean REID, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1946, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


John TUCKER

TUCKER John 44yrs, b 6 May 1961, Born: Kanowna WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TUPUTI — 73yrs, d 22 Jul 1958, at Mt Margaret Mission, Cause: Double Pneumonia, Born: Warburton Ranges, Reg 15/1958 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TURNER Francis James — 2yrs, d 25 Sep 1911, at Trump Street, Leonora, Cause: Chronic gastro enteritis, Father: George Walter TURNER (Railway Employee), Mother: Jessie Mary CLARKE, Born Lancefield VIC, In Vic 6mths, In WA 1yr 10mths, Reg Mt Margaret 50/1911, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery. 

TURNER Jenny — 65yrs, d 15 Nov 1958, at Leonora Hospital, Home Duties, Cause: Brain Haemorrhage, Senility and Arteriosclerosis, Born: Laverton WA, Married to Lampie TURNER, Reg 26 1958 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery. 

TURNER Lampi 79yrs, b 29 Oct 1981, Born: Laverton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TURNER Thomas Raymond 6mths, d 11 Dec 1906, at Gwalia, Cause: Heat Prostration, Father Thomas William TURNER (Miner), Mother: Beria BENNETT, Born Lithgow NSW, Reg 14/1907 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TUSSUP Clarence Treacy — 2days, d 17 Apr 1918, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Premature birth, Father: Stephen John TUSSUP (Mine Manager), Mother Eva ARMSTRONG, Reg 9/1918 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TWYFORD John 46yrs, d 4 Jan 1910, at Victoria Street, Leonora, Occ: Battery Manager, Cause: Phthisis, Father: Thomas TWYFORD (Ships Carpenter), Mother: Ann KRENLEY, Born Daylesford VIC, In QLD 20yrs, In WA 13yrs, Married to Mary Jane MCADAMS at age 22yrs in Charters Towers QLD, Children: Thomas 22yrs, John 21yrs, James 19yrs, William George 17yrs, Frederick 14yrs, Mary Ann 9yrs, Margaret 7yrs, Charles Henry 2yrs, 1 male deceased, Reg 1/1910 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TWYFORD Mary Jane 42yrs, d 4 Jul 1910, at Leonora Hospital, Widow, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: James MCADAMS (Amalgamator), Mother: Mary Ann MCADAMS, Born: County Omagh, Ireland,  In QLD 18yrs, IN WA 14yrs, Married to John TWYFORD at age 16yrs in Charters Towers Nth QLD, Children: Thomas 23yrs, John 21yrs, James 19yrs, William George 17yrs, Frederick 15yrs, Mary Ann 9yrs, Margaret 7yrs, Charles Henry 3yrs, Reg 35/1910 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

TYLER John — 2 days, d 11 Jan 1910, at Tower Street, Leonora, Cause: Congenital Heart, Father: John TYLER (Master Baker), Mother: Mary MULLIGAN, Born Leonora, Reg 5/1910 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

UNGYNESTINBRA male — 30yrs, at Cosmo Newbery Native Reserve, Cause: Severed femoral Artery in left thigh caused during a spear fight, Verdict of the Coroner after post mortem, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, Reg 16/1951 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Charles VALENTINE

VALENTINE Charles Calder — 66yrs, d 28 Aug 1938, at deceased residence Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Engineer, Cause: Cerebral hemorrhage, coma and heart failure, Father: William Henry VALENTINE (Engineer), Mother: Annie CALDER, Born: Laurence Kirk, Scotland, In VIC 5yrs, in SA 3yrs, In WA 44yrs, Married to Sarah Ann DAWS in Jarrahdale WA at age 22yrs, Children: Charles Calder 41yrs, Gordon Hunter 36yrs, Percy Douglas 33yrs, Norman Septimus 30yrs, 3 males deceased, Reg 23/1938 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VALKENBG William Peter — 55yrs, d 6 Sep 1910, at rear of Leonora District Hospital Office, Leonora, Occ: Secretary of the Leonora Hospital, Cause: Suicide, Revolver shot self-inflicted whilst temporarily insane, Verdict of the Coroner, Born Ireland, married but details unknown. Reg 52/1910 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VANEK Jaromir — 25yrs, d 14 Jan 1952, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Killed by a fall of rock on his first day at work at the 1830 stope on the 31st Level, Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia, In WA 1yr, Reg 3/1952 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.   Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

VARISCHETTI Guiseppe — 53yrs, d 26 Jul 1941, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause Silicosis, Father: Luigi VARISCHETTI (dec Miner), Mother: Maria POMPURI, Born: Gorno Italy, Married to Modesta TELINI in Gorno Italy at age 20yrs, Children: Rosie 27yrs, Joe 25yrs, Loui 20yrs, Henry 17yrs, Victor 17yrs, Peter 15yrs, Mary 14yrs, Stella 10yrs, Deceased 2 females, Reg 24/1941 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VARISCHETTI Luigi — 10yrs, d 7 Dec 1920, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Tuberculosis, Tonsilitis, Father: Giuseppe VARISCHETTI (Miner), Mother: Modesta TELINI, Born: Gwalia WA, Reg 41/1920 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VARISCHETTI Luigi — 65yrs, d 10 Feb 1955, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Hypertension, Senility, Asthma, Father: Luigi VARISCHETTI (Miner), Mother: Maria PAMPURI, Born: Gorno, Italy, In WA 43yrs, Divorced, Reg 5/1955 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VARISCHETTI Marino — 1yr, d 25 Apr 1930, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: Giuseppe VARISCHETTI (Miner), Mother: Modesta TELINI, Born Leonora WA, Reg 5/1930 Mt Margaret, (Registered as VARICHETTI), Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Modesta VARISCHETTI

VARISCHETTI Modesta — 72yrs, d 4 May 1961, at her residence Tower St, Leonora, Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Hypertension, Father: Giovanni TELINI, Mother: Marianna, Born: Gorno Italy, in WA 51yrs, Widowed, Married to Giuseppe VARISCHETTI in Gorno Italy on 12 Oct 1910, Children: Marino (dec), Luigi (dec), Rosie (dec), Peter (dec), Joseph 46yrs, Louie 40yrs, Henry John 38yrs, Victor 37yrs, Mary 33yrs, Stella 31yrs, Reg 10/1961 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Joe & Rosie VARISCHETTI

VARISCHETTI Rosa Maria — 30yrs, d 20 Feb 1945, at Leonora Hospital, Invalid Pensioner, Cause: Friedreich's ataxia, Menorrhagia, Father: Giuseppe ‘Joseph’ VARISCHETTI (Miner), Mother: Modesta TELINI, Born: Gwalia WA, Single, Reg 3/1945 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VARISCHETTI unnamed female — d 2 Dec 1919, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Joseph VARISCHETTI (Miner), Mother: Modesta TELINI, Reg 39/1919 Mt Margaret, (Registered as VARASCHETTE), Buried Leonora Cemetery.


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