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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.

MADARIAGA June Carol — 69yrs, b 26 May 2007, Born: Mount Margaret WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MADDEN Hannah 53yrs, d 28 Jun 1923, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman, Cause: Cancer & Heart Failure, Father: Robert CHARLTON (Miner), Mother: Hannah TODNER, Born Houghton le Springs, Durham, England, In WA 17yrs, Married twice, 1st to John Thomas PEARCE in Haughton le Springs England at age 19yrs, 2nd to Frederick ‘Fred’ MADDEN in Perth WA at age 37yrs, Children to 1st marriage: Jane Hannah 32yrs, Margaret 30yrs, Reg 11/1923 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MADDERN Richard 21yrs, d 19 Jul 1907, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Gall Stones, Father: William MADDERN (Miner), Born VIC, Reg 47/1907 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Margaret MADIGAN

MADIGAN Margaret — 57yrs, d 21 May 1927, at Leonora Hospital, Housewife, Cause: Myocardial degeneration, Father: MCNAMARA, Mother: Susan DALY, Born Co Clare, Ireland, In VIC 13yrs, In WA 24yrs, Married to Mathew MADIGAN in Leonora WA at age 40yrs, no children, Reg 7/1927 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MADRIAGA Simeon  89yrs, Bur 23 Mar 2022, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MAHOMED Esop — 70yrs, d 16 Nov 1928, at Afghan Reserve Leonora, Occ: Camel Driver, Born Peshawar India, In WA 33yrs, Name of officiating minister: H Fakhruddin SHAH, Reg 25/1928 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MAHOMET Raz — 77yrs, d 17 Sep 1945, in a camp west of the Railway Station, Leonora, Old Age Pensioner, Cause: High blood pressure causing heart failure, Verdict of the Coroner after post mortem, Father: Raz Attar (Farmer), Mother: Golpatha, Born: Guliston, India, In WA about 45yrs, Married in Peshin India about 45yrs ago, Reg 17/1945 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MAJOR Peter 3hrs, d 12 Apr 1927, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: Colin Wilson MAJOR (Tinsmith), Mother: Eileen Mary FOLVIG, Reg 4/1927 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MALES Alfred Clontarf 59yrs, d 20 May 1930, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Carpenter, Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage, Pneumonia, Father: Thomas George MALES, Mother: Sarah Jane Avenger SHERRELL, Born: Ashfield NSW in 1868, Married to Amy Evelyn HIGHMAN in Broken Hill NSW in 1898, Reg 8/1930 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MALONEY Isabel 34yrs, d 24 Jan 1907, at Gwalia, Married woman, Cause: Puerperal Sepsis, Father: Luke MASON (Coal Miner), Mother: Sarah KELLETT, Born England, In WA 10mths, Married at 18yrs to William MALONEY at Newcastle NSW, Children: Isabel 16yrs, Thomas 14yrs, Cecil William 12yrs, Cyril 7yrs, Peter Joseph 18days, 1 male deceased, Reg 6/1907 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MALONEY Peter Joseph d 26 Jan 1907, at Gwalia, Cause: Hydrocephalus, Stillborn, Premature Birth, Father: William MALONEY (Clerk), Mother: Isabel MASON, Reg 18/1907 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Alice MANICUM

MANICUM Alice 42yrs, d 16 Mar 1911, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman, Cause: Chronic Cystitis, Father: Richard DEARLOVE (Clerk), Mother: Jane Ann SANDERS, Born Bra Bra SA, In SA 30yrs, In WA 12yrs, Married to Alfred Bishop MANICUM at the age of 31yrs in Boulder WA, Children: Magdelanie 9yrs, Dorothy Leslie 6yrs, Rosalie 4yrs, 1 female deceased, Reg 11/1911 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MANICUM Dolly d 31 Mar 1903, at Sons of Gwalia Mine, Leonora, Cause: Stillborn, Hydrocephalus Father: Alfred MANICUM (Restaurant Keeper), Mother: Alice DEARLOVE, Reg 15/1903 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MANICUM Dorothy Leslie 12yrs, d 29 May 1917, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Valvular disease, Father: Alfred Bishop MANICUM (Cook), Mother: Alice DEARLOVE, Born Gwalia WA, Reg 15/1917 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MANNING Daniel 73yrs, d 10 Jun 1940, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Old Age Pensioner, Born: England, Reg Mt Margaret 18/1940, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MARANDO Antonio Francesco — 43yrs, d 23 Feb 1948, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia, Broncho Pneumonia, Father: Cocima MARANDO, Born: Italy, Single, Mt Margaret 5/1948, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Giovanni MARENDOLI

MARENDOLI Giovanni  37yrs, d between 27 Oct & 5 Dec 1937, at No 1 well 2 miles East of Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Cause of death unknown, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Alessandro MARENDOLI (Farmer), Mother: Margherita SESSELLA, Born: Lovero, Prov Sondrio, Italy, Married to Pierina MARCHIONI, Children: Elia 16yrs, Diana 12yrs, Lilly 11yrs, Elsie 9yrs, Rossi 6yrs, Silvia 6yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 5/1938, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Stefano MARENDOLI

MARENDOLI Stefano — 64yrs, d 25 Sep 1956, In the shaft at Tower Hill Gwalia, Pensioner, Cause: Suicide, Asphyxia by strangulation self-inflicted while in a depressed state, Father: Alessandro MARENDOLI (Farmer), Mother Margherita SASSELLA, Born: Lovero Italy, In WA 31yrs, Widowed, Married twice, 1st to Caterina GIUDICI in Lovero Italy, 2nd to Antonietta PARAVICINI in Lovero Italy in 1923, Children: Cleto 33yrs, Dante 28yrs, Reg 12/1956 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MARGARIS Steve 46yrs, d 28 Dec 1917, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Croupous Pneumonia, Born: Italy, Reg Mt Margaret 1/1918, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MARINI Pietro Lorenzo — 60yrs, d 30 Nov 1938, near Leonora, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Shock and hemorrhage following rupture of duodenal ulcer, Order for burial by Coroner, Born: Sonico, Prov of Brescia, Italy, in WA about 40yrs, Reg 35/1938 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.



Kalgoorlie Western Argus  15 January 1907, page 28

MARLEY Edward — 26yrs, d 11 Jan 1907, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: by a bullet wound inflicted by ‘George Macleay BROWNE’, that the shooting was properly justified in law, that being said that, George Macleay BROWNE had no intention to kill the said Edward Marley when he fired that shot, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: William MARLEY, Mother: Deborah Ellen MOSES, Born: Eujinyn, WA, Reg 5/1907 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MARTIN Clara Ismay 2mths, d 22 May 1909, at Gwalia, Cause: Marasmus, Father: Edgar Higgs MARTIN (Labourer), Mother: Clarissa Ann CROSSLAND, Born Gwalia WA, Reg 19/1909 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MARTIN John — 74yrs, d 17 Sep 1937, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Infected wound of the leg, Cellulitis, Gangrene of leg and heart failure, Reg Mt Margaret 21/1937, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Ilijai MARTINOVICH

MARTINOVICH Ilijai 37yrs, d 5 May 1939, Occ: Miner, Cause: Electrocuted as he hung his lamp on electric light wires, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Vuko MARTINOVICH, Mother: Stane Born: Leto, Yugoslavia, In WA 11yrs, Married to Mare IOICEVICH in Leto Yugoslavia, date unknown, Children: Pisto 14yrs, Milo 3yrs, PRES, Reg 11/1939 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

MASON Dingie — 60yrs, b 6 Sep 1975, Born: Warburton WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MASON Henry George Bertram 71yrs, d 27 Jun 1922, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Old Age Pensioner, Cause: Rectal abscess, Father: George MASON, Mother: Elanore HOUSEMAN, Born: Yorkshire, England, Married to Georgina Ellen TAYLOR in Coonabarabran NSW in 1883, Children: George Bertram b 1883, Rupert Henry Beaumont b 1885, Lilla Mason b 1888, Reg 11/1922 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MASON Joe — 75yrs b 28 Apr 1973, Born: Warburton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Gladys W MASSINGHAM

MASSINGHAM Gladys Winifred 2 ½yrs, d 14 Apr 1908, at Leonora, Cause: Laryngitis, Croup, Father: Wilfred Daniel MASSINGHAM (Commonwealth Servant), Mother: Edith Alice HIGHMAN, Born: Leonora, Reg 25/1908 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MATHESON William 57yrs, d 26 Apr 1928, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Carcinoma of liver, Born: Millicent SA, In SA 25yrs, In WA 32yrs, Single, Reg 5/1928 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

MATTHEWS Henry George Joseph — 16yrs, d 15 Dec 1912, at Leonora, Cause: Cardiac disease, Father: Edward MATTHEWS (Carpenter), Mother: Mary Jane HOWEL, Born NSW, In NSW 6yrs In WA 10yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 41/1912, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


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