Altona Downs_Ridgelands Headstones- Archive record, Queensland

Alton Downs_Ridgelands Archive record

This cemetery is west of Rockhampton, some kilometers past the airport on the airport road. It is variously called Altona, Alton Downs and Ridgelands, and exists on a ridge overlooking the river and floodplains. The listing is made up partly from headstones and partly from other historical records.

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    Surname: Adams                    
First names: Benjamin Walter                 
       Born: 29 Oct 1915                At: 
       Died: 10 Feb 2001                At:
        Age: 86                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 
    Surname: Blank                    
First names: Caroline                        
       Born: 19 Apr 1888                At: 
       Died: 3 Jul 1963                 At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 84                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: Daughter of Robert & Martha Blank.
    Surname: Blank  née Hurrell       
First names: Martha                          
       Born: 29 Jul 1854                At: Marlborough, Devonshire, England
       Died: 24 Feb 1938                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 84                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: Wife of Robert Easterly Blank.
    Surname: Blank                     
First names: Richard Henry Hurrell           
       Born: 27 Sep 1876                At: Kingsbridge, Devon, England
       Died: 6 Sep 1943                 At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 66                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: Spouse of Elizabeth Sarah née Adams.
    Surname: Blank                     
First names: Robert Easterly                File CQLD1 
       Born: 3 Jun 1851                 At: Kingsbridge, Devon, England
       Died: 31 May 1922                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 71                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: Spouse of Martha née Hurrell.
    Surname: Blank                     
First names: Robert Ivor                    File CQLD1
       Born: 11 Jun 1890                At: Kingsbridge, Devon, England
       Died: 18 Dec 1956                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 66                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: Name on stone is 'Robert Ivy'. Son of Robert & Martha Blank.
    Surname: Blank                     
First names: William Hurrell                File CQLD1 
       Born: 12 Oct 1881                At: Kingsbridge, Devon, England
       Died: 5 May 1956                 At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 75                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: Son of Robert & Martha Blank.
    Surname: Booth                   
First names: Elizabeth                       
       Born:                            At: 
       Died:                            At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age:                        Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 
    Surname: Booth                    
First names: Joseph                          
       Born: ca 1881                    At: 
       Died: 7 Feb 1955                 At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 74                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 'Our beloved husband & father'
    Surname: Booth                    
First names: Joseph                          
       Born: ca 1894                    At: 
       Died: 29 Nov 1925                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 31                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 'He gave his life attempting to save his friend George Crook'.
    Surname: Booth                    
First names: Colin Thomas                          
       Born: 28 Jul 1956                At: 
       Died: 27 Aug 1976                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 20                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 
Surname Firstnames Death Birth Birthplace Deathplace Age Comments Reunion file name Reunion id Sex Occupation
Crook Carolina Margerita 3 Jan 1968 24 Mar 1882 86 Wife of George Crook. F Wife
Crook George Thomas 29 Nov 1925 10 Oct 1878 47 Spouse of Carolina Margarita Crook. M 
Crook Mary 3 Jul 1942 ca 1868 74 Dates difficult to read - may be wrong. Wife of Samuel Crook. F Wife
Crook Samuel Mar 1922 ca 1865 57 Spouse of Mary Crook. M 
Devlin John 3 Jul 1956 ca 1899 57 'My dear husband'. M 
Duncan Aleck M 
Edgar John Robert 8 Sep 1997 23 May 1909 89 Spouse of Mary Jane Edgar M 
Edgar Mary Jane 4 May 1996 18 May 1904 92 Wife of John Robert Edgar. F Wife
Edminstone Christina Dates unreadable. Wife of James. F Wife
Edminstone Harriet Jane 7 Sep 1984 ca 1899 85 Wife of Thomas Edminstone. F Wife
Edminstone James Dates unreadable. Spouse of Christina. M 
Edminstone James 26 Mar 1986 ca 1912 74 Brother to Thomas? M 
Edminstone Thomas 11 Aug 1982 ca 1894 88 Spouse of Harriet Jane Edcminstone. M 
Funch Colin L. 15 Jan 2002 25 Apr 1919 83 M 
Goodson Jack Sep 1932 ca 1912 Killed, Junee Station 26 With his sister Rita Knickel. M 
Gruner Ludek 22 Aug 1998 ca 1930 68 M 
Gruner Nellie Label almost unreadable F 
Handley Albert Ernest 20 Feb 1906 ca 1870 36 M 
Handley Ernest 20 Aug 1917 ca 1893 KIA WW1 24 Son of Albert Ernest Handley. M 
Hoare Alfred Paul 29 Jul 1959 ca 1896 63 Spouse of Alice Jane Hoare. 'Our dear parents'. M 
Hoare Alice Jane 15 Jan 1984 ca 1904 80 Wife of Alfred Paul Hoare. 'Our dear parents'. F Wife
Hoare Charles 29 Jan 1927 ca 1845 82 Spouse of Ellen Hoare. M 
Hoare Ellen 10 Sep 1932 ca 1846 86 Wife of Charles Hoare. F Wife
Hoare Emily Ellen 18 Dec 1976 ca 1897 79 'Our dear sister'. D 
Hoare Fredrick James 24 Jul 1965 ca 1890 85 Spouse of Margaret Hoare. M 
Hoare George Thomas 19 Aug 1957 ca 1903 64 M 
Hoare Isabella 4 Dec 1961 ca 1888 73 F 
Hoare Kenneth Gordon 30 Sep 1938 31 Jul 1936 2 M Child
Hoare Margaret 22 Dec 1943 21 Dec 1943 F Infant
Hoare Margaret 29 Aug 1968 ca 1886 82 Wife of Fredrick James Hoare. F Wife
Hoare Mary 1 Dec 1926 ca 1872 54 Wife of Sydney Hoare. F Wife
Hoare Mary Agnes 12 Dec 1925 24 May 1925 F Infant
Hoare Mary Ann 22 Jul 1939 ca 1887 Brisbane, QLD 52 Wife of William Alfred Hoare. F Wife
Hoare Sarah Barry 30 Apr 1984 ca 1904 80 Wife of Sydney George Hoare.' Our parents'. F Wife
Hoare Sydney George 10 Aug 1938 ca 1867 71 Spouse of Mary Hoare. M 
Hoare Sydney George 3 Dec 1963 ca 1900 63 Spouse of Sarah Barry Hoare. 'Our parents'. M 
Hoare William Alfred 18 Apr 1954 ca 1879 75 Spouse of Mary Ann Hoare. M 
Hoye Catherine Dorothy 22 Aug 1984 ca 1910 74 F 
Hunt Edith Lucy 8 Feb 1943 ca 1910 33 F 
Hunt Elizabeth Hannah 12 Jul 1949 ca 1900 49 F 
Hunt Florence 21 Aug 1929 ca 1896 33 Wife of William James Hunt. F Wife
Hunt Lucy Jane 16 Feb 1951 ca 1873 78 Wife of William Hunt. F Wife
Hunt Walter Robert 13 Nov 1975 ca 1898 77 M 
Hunt William 9 Mar 1951 ca 1864 87 Spouse of Lucy Jane Hunt. M 
Jackson Ernstein M 
Kerr David 6 Apr 1925 ca 1864 61 Spouse of Fanny Alberta Kerr. M 
Kerr Fanny Alberta 12 Apr 1956 ca 1873 83 Wife of David Kerr. F Wife
Knickel Frederick M 
Knickel J. M 
Knickel Mrs. J. F Wife
Knickel Rita 15 Sep 1927 ca 1901 26 Nee Goodson. Sister of  Jack Goodson. F Wife
Legh Annie Margaret 8 Jul 1996 16 Jul 1917 79 Wife of Bert Legh. centqld 396 F Wife
Legh Francis Christopher 22 Jan 1994 ca 1912 82 Spouse of Joan Violet Legh. centqld 393 M 
Legh Joan Violet 28 Dec 1995 ca 1913 82 Wife of Francis Christopher Legh. centqld 394 F Wife
Legh W.R.L. (Bert) 2 Apr 2001 21 Jul 1917 84 Spouse of Annie Margaret Legh. centqld 395 M 
Locke James W. 18 May 1993 Remembered by his wife and family. M 
McLean Alexander 12 Jul 1937 ca 1867 70 M 
McMurdo Christine Kay 12 Sep 1957 ca Jun 1957 Age 3 months. F Infant
McMurdo Gilbert 6 Apr 1957 21 Apr 1908 49 Spouse of Sarah Anne nee Long. M 
McMurdo Sarah Anne 4 Jul 1953 13 Sep 1907 46 Nee Long. Wife of Gilbert McMurdo. Presumed to be mother of Christine Kay McMurdo. F Wife
Moore John Thomas 20 Aug 1921 ca 1857 64 Spouse of Maria Moore. M 
Moore Maria 3 Jun 1942 ca 1859 83 Wife of John Thomas Moore. F Wife
    Surname: Schnalle                  
First names: Dale Brendon    
       Born: 30 Dec 1984                At: Biloela, QLD
       Died: 10 Mar 1999                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 14                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 
    Surname: Sheldrake  née Moore    
First names: Adelaide                       
       Born: 15 Jan 1860                At: Faversham, Kent, England
       Died: 29 May 1935                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 65                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 'Our dear mother'. Wife of Edmund Jabez Sheldrake.
    Surname: Sheldrake               
First names: Edmund Jabez                    
       Born: 25 Aug 1870                At: Bunwell, Norfolk, England
       Died: 6 Mar 1943                 At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 73                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: 'Our dear father'. Spouse of Adelaide Sheldrake née Moore.
    Surname: Sheldrake               
First names: Edmund James                    
       Born: 24 Feb 1891                At: Rockhampton, QLD
       Died: 21 Jul 1971                At: Rockhampton, QLD
        Age: 80                     Buried: Alton Downs cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD
   Comments: Son of Jabez & Adelaide.
Surname Firstnames Death Birth Birthplace Deathplace Age Comments Reunion file name Reunion id Sex Occupation
Smith Clarence William 4 Dec 1940 ca 1913 27 M 
Smith Louisa 2 Jan 1941 ca 1879 62 F 
Smith William 2 Dec 1940 ca 1863 77 Spouse of Louisa? M 
Sprague Nellie 24 Sep 1906 ca 1893 13 'Our dearly beloved adopted daughter'. F 
Stapp Henry T. 5 Apr 1904 ca 1818 86 Spouse of Jane. M 
Stapp Jane 31 Jul 1905 ca 1839 66 Wife of Henry T. Stapp. F Wife
Stapp Thomas Sep 1898 ca 1822 76 M 
Walters Charlotte Elvina 4 Sep 1984 ca 1895 89 Wife of William (Bill) Walters. F Wife
Walters William (Bill) 17 May 1946 ca 1892 54 Spouse of Charlotte Elvina Walters M 
Weder E. P. (Mick) 13 Jul 1986 17 Mar 1920 66 M 
Weder E. P. (Paul) 6 May 1981 12 Nov 1874 107 M 
Weder Esther 23 Jul 1943 12 Nov 1885 58 F 
Weder Gladys 16 Jul 1992 23 Sep 1917 75 F 
Weder Peter 29 Nov 1991 24 May 1931 60 M 
Weder William J. (Bill) 7 Aug 1979 17 Mar 1927 52 M 
Weisse Richard George (Dick) 27 Oct 2001 4 Feb 1929 72 M

Surname	Firstnames	Death	Birth	Deathplace	Age	Comments	Reunion file name	Reunion id	Sex	Occupation
Crook	Carolina Margerita	3 Jan 1968	24 Mar 1882		86	Wife of George Crook.			F	Wife
Crook	George Thomas	29 Nov 1925	10 Oct 1878		47	Spouse of Carolina Margarita Crook.			M
Crook	Mary	3 Jul 1942	ca 1868		74	Dates difficult to read - may be wrong. Wife of Samuel Crook.			F	Wife
Crook	Samuel	Mar 1922	ca 1865		57	Spouse of Mary Crook.			M
Devlin	John	3 Jul 1956	ca 1899		57	'My dear husband'.			M
Duncan	Aleck								M
Edgar	John Robert	8 Sep 1997	23 May 1909		89	Spouse of Mary Jane Edgar			M
Edgar	Mary Jane	4 May 1996	18 May 1904		92	Wife of John Robert Edgar.			F	Wife
Edminstone	Christina					Dates unreadable. Wife of James.			F	Wife
Edminstone	Harriet Jane	7 Sep 1984	ca 1899		85	Wife of Thomas Edminstone.			F	Wife
Edminstone	James					Dates unreadable. Spouse of Christina.			M
Edminstone	James	26 Mar 1986	ca 1912		74	Brother to Thomas?			M
Edminstone	Thomas	11 Aug 1982	ca 1894		88	Spouse of Harriet Jane Edcminstone.			M
Funch	Colin L.	15 Jan 2002	25 Apr 1919		83				M
Goodson	Jack	Sep 1932	ca 1912	Killed, Junee Station	26	With his sister Rita Knickel.			M
Gruner	Ludek	22 Aug 1998	ca 1930		68				M
Gruner	Nellie					Label almost unreadable			F
Handley	Albert Ernest	20 Feb 1906	ca 1870		36				M
Handley	Ernest	20 Aug 1917	ca 1893	KIA WW1	24	Son of Albert Ernest Handley.			M
Hoare	Alfred Paul	29 Jul 1959	ca 1896		63	Spouse of Alice Jane Hoare. 'Our dear parents'.			M
Hoare	Alice Jane	15 Jan 1984	ca 1904		80	Wife of Alfred Paul Hoare. 'Our dear parents'.			F	Wife
Hoare	Charles	29 Jan 1927	ca 1845		82	Spouse of Ellen Hoare.			M
Hoare	Ellen	10 Sep 1932	ca 1846		86	Wife of Charles Hoare.			F	Wife
Hoare	Emily Ellen	18 Dec 1976	ca 1897		79	'Our dear sister'.			D
Hoare	Fredrick James	24 Jul 1965	ca 1890		85	Spouse of Margaret Hoare.			M
Hoare	George Thomas	19 Aug 1957	ca 1903		64				M
Hoare	Isabella	4 Dec 1961	ca 1888		73				F
Hoare	Kenneth Gordon	30 Sep 1938	31 Jul 1936		2				M	Child
Hoare	Margaret	22 Dec 1943	21 Dec 1943						F	Infant
Hoare	Margaret	29 Aug 1968	ca 1886		82	Wife of Fredrick James Hoare.			F	Wife
Hoare	Mary	1 Dec 1926	ca 1872		54	Wife of Sydney Hoare.			F	Wife
Hoare	Mary Agnes	12 Dec 1925	24 May 1925						F	Infant
Hoare	Mary Ann	22 Jul 1939	ca 1887	Brisbane, QLD	52	Wife of William Alfred Hoare.			F	Wife
Hoare	Sarah Barry	30 Apr 1984	ca 1904		80	Wife of Sydney George Hoare.' Our parents'.			F	Wife
Hoare	Sydney George	10 Aug 1938	ca 1867		71	Spouse of Mary Hoare.			M
Hoare	Sydney George	3 Dec 1963	ca 1900		63	Spouse of Sarah Barry Hoare. 'Our parents'.			M
Hoare	William Alfred	18 Apr 1954	ca 1879		75	Spouse of Mary Ann Hoare.			M
Hoye	Catherine Dorothy	22 Aug 1984	ca 1910		74				F
Hunt	Edith Lucy	8 Feb 1943	ca 1910		33				F
Hunt	Elizabeth Hannah	12 Jul 1949	ca 1900		49				F
Hunt	Florence	21 Aug 1929	ca 1896		33	Wife of William James Hunt.			F	Wife
Hunt	Lucy Jane	16 Feb 1951	ca 1873		78	Wife of William Hunt.			F	Wife
Hunt	Walter Robert	13 Nov 1975	ca 1898		77				M
Hunt	William	9 Mar 1951	ca 1864		87	Spouse of Lucy Jane Hunt.			M
Jackson	Ernstein								M
Kerr	David	6 Apr 1925	ca 1864		61	Spouse of Fanny Alberta Kerr.			M
Kerr	Fanny Alberta	12 Apr 1956	ca 1873		83	Wife of David Kerr.			F	Wife
Knickel	Frederick								M
Knickel	J.								M
Knickel	Mrs. J.								F	Wife
Knickel	Rita	15 Sep 1927	ca 1901		26	Nee Goodson. Sister of Jack Goodson.			F	Wife
Legh	Annie Margaret	8 Jul 1996	16 Jul 1917		79	Wife of Bert Legh.	centqld	396	F	Wife
Legh	Francis Christopher	22 Jan 1994	ca 1912		82	Spouse of Joan Violet Legh.	centqld	393	M
Legh	Joan Violet	28 Dec 1995	ca 1913		82	Wife of Francis Christopher Legh.	centqld	394	F	Wife
Legh	W.R.L. (Bert)	2 Apr 2001	21 Jul 1917		84	Spouse of Annie Margaret Legh.	centqld	395	M
Locke	James W.	18 May 1993				Remembered by his wife and family.			M
McLean	Alexander	12 Jul 1937	ca 1867		70				M
McMurdo	Christine Kay	12 Sep 1957	ca Jun 1957			Age 3 months.			F	Infant
McMurdo	Gilbert	6 Apr 1957	21 Apr 1908		49	Spouse of Sarah Anne nee Long.			M
McMurdo	Sarah Anne	4 Jul 1953	13 Sep 1907		46	Nee Long. Wife of Gilbert McMurdo. Presumed to be mother of Christine Kay McMurdo.			F	Wife
Moore	John Thomas	20 Aug 1921	ca 1857		64	Spouse of Maria Moore.			M
Moore	Maria	3 Jun 1942	ca 1859		83	Wife of John Thomas Moore.			F	Wife

Surname	Firstnames	Death	Birth	Age	Comments	Sex	Occupation
Smith	Clarence William	4 Dec 1940	ca 1913	27		M
Smith	Louisa	2 Jan 1941	ca 1879	62		F
Smith	William	2 Dec 1940	ca 1863	77	Spouse of Louisa?	M
Sprague	Nellie	24 Sep 1906	ca 1893	13	'Our dearly beloved adopted daughter'.	F
Stapp	Henry T.	5 Apr 1904	ca 1818	86	Spouse of Jane.	M
Stapp	Jane	31 Jul 1905	ca 1839	66	Wife of Henry T. Stapp.	F	Wife
Stapp	Thomas	Sep 1898	ca 1822	76		M
Walters	Charlotte Elvina	4 Sep 1984	ca 1895	89	Wife of William (Bill) Walters.	F	Wife
Walters	William (Bill)	17 May 1946	ca 1892	54	Spouse of Charlotte Elvina Walters	M
Weder	E. P. (Mick)	13 Jul 1986	17 Mar 1920	66		M
Weder	E. P. (Paul)	6 May 1981	12 Nov 1874	107		M
Weder	Esther	23 Jul 1943	12 Nov 1885	58		F
Weder	Gladys	16 Jul 1992	23 Sep 1917	75		F
Weder	Peter	29 Nov 1991	24 May 1931	60		M
Weder	William J. (Bill)	7 Aug 1979	17 Mar 1927	52		M
Weisse	Richard George (Dick)	27 Oct 2001	4 Feb 1929	72		M

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