ETON: Archive

   
 Pos S  21°16.169
    E 148°58.215
On the Peak Downs road westward from Mackay, the last small village before the escarpment is Eton. There is a pub, a school, a bridge, a church and a police station, and little else. The cemetery is hidden on the western side of the speed limited area, just before the irrigation channel. It is a large, weedy area with forlorn old headstones scattered in groups over what is now a small field. Clearly there have been no interments in recent decades, probably as the larger cemetery at nearby Walkerston came into use.

The escarpment where the road climbs from the coastal plain has historically been a gold mining area and there are shafts in the most unlikely places...

We have now gone to a live on-line database called MOP ('Myra's Other Place') and the records listed below are steadily being copied over. Once a record is there a green tick will show alongside the entry. The MOP database has a lot more than just cemetery records and is worth checking out here where you can log in as Guest password guest.

Collected and collated by Alan Wagener

Actual headstone data;  Data from other sources;
  Data has been transferred to MOP

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    Surname:  Burgess                     
First names:  Ellen nee Simpson
       Born:  6 Nov 1891                 At: QLD
       Died:  1 Oct 1940                 At:
        Age:  49                     Buried: Eton, QLD
   Comments:  'wife and mother'. Wife of John Clarence Burgess.

    Surname:  Burgess                     
First names:  Graham Walter
       Born:  25 Apr 1888                At: QLD
       Died:  13 Jul 1926                At: QLD
        Age:  38                     Buried: Eton
   Comments:  Son of William & Sarah Burgess.

    Surname:  Burgess                  
First names:  Sarah
       Born:  1852                       At:
       Died:  3 Nov 1916                 At:
        Age:  64                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of William Burgess. With Thomas Burgess 

    Surname:  Burgess                  
First names:  Thomas
       Born:  1892                       At:
       Died:  15 Nov 1916                At:
        Age:  24                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  With Sarah Burgess. Son?

    Surname:  Dunne                     
First names:  Kathleen
       Born:                             At:
       Died:                             At:
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Infant daughter of R.D. and Lily Dunne.

    Surname:  Dunne                     
First names:  Patrick John
       Born:                             At:
       Died:                             At:
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Infant son of R.D. and Lily Dunne.

    Surname:  Kemp                      
First names:  Charles William
       Born:  1897                       At:
       Died:  19 Apr 1919                At:
        Age:  52                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:

    Surname:  Kennedy                  
First names:  Sarah Ann
       Born:  1856                       At:
       Died:  13 Feb 1929                At:
        Age:  73                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:

    Surname:  Lee                       
First names:  Ada    
       Born:                             At:
       Died:  31 Dec 1917                At:
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of J. Lee.

    Surname:  Lowther                  
First names:  Emily Josephine
       Born:  1859                       At:
       Died:  5 Oct 1924                 At:
        Age:  65                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:

    Surname:  Lowther                  
First names:  Samuel Montgomery
       Born:  1841                       At:
       Died:  25 Jan 1927                At:
        Age:  86                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Father of Emily and W.M. Lowther?

    Surname:  Lowther                  
First names:  W.M. (Pte)
       Born:                             At:
       Died:  29 Sep 1918                At: Killed in action, France
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Son of Samuel Lowther?

    Surname:  Michelmore              
First names:  Elizabeth
       Born:  1877                       At:
       Died:  29 Dec 1933                At:
        Age:  56                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of John Alfred Michelmore.

    Surname:  Northey                  
First names:  Marie
       Born:  1853                       At:
       Died:  3 Oct 1939                 At:
        Age:  86                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of William Northey.

    Surname:  Northey                  
First names:  William
       Born:  1849                       At:
       Died:  9 Nov 1929                 At:
        Age:  80                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Husband of Marie Northey.

    Surname:  Pollard                  
First names:  Nance
       Born:                             At:
       Died:  15 Dec 1921                At:
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of W. Pollard.

    Surname:  Porter                   
First names:  John
       Born:  1844                       At:
       Died:  11 Jul 1908                At:
        Age:  64                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Husband of Mary Porter.

    Surname:  Porter                   
First names:  Mary
       Born:  1848                       At:
       Died:  22 Apr 1891                At:
        Age:  43                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of John Porter.

    Surname:  Porter                    (memorial only) +
First names:  S.E. (Capt.) (MC)
       Born:  1876                       At:
       Died:  25 Nov 1908                At:  Of wounds, in England.
        Age:  32                     Buried:  Brookwood Mil. Cemetery, 
                                              Woking, Surrey, England 
   Comments:  Presumed to be son of John Porter.

Corrections to Capt. Porter's data + courtesy of Mrs Mary O'Neill of Eton. Check out her web page for FAHEY family details and others.


    Surname:  Schmidt née Kennedy      +
First names:  Annie May
       Born:  15 May 1873                At:
       Died:  7 Sep 1956                 At:
        Age:  21                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Spouse of Henry August George Schmidt.

Additional Schmidt data + courtesy of Carolyn Pietzner of Moranbah.


    Surname:  Schmidt                 +
First names:  Arthur Henry
       Born:  28 Apr 1897                At:
       Died:  25 Jul 1918                At:
        Age:  21                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Son of Henry August George Schmidt.

    Surname:  Schmidt                 +
First names:  Evelyn Sarah Perona
       Born:  29 Aug 1899                At:
       Died:  1901                       At:
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Daughter of Henry August George Schmidt.

    Surname:  Schmidt                  +
First names:  Henry August George
       Born:  1871                       At:
       Died:  21 Jan 1923                At:
        Age:  52                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Father of Arthur Henry and Evelyn Schmidt.

    Surname:  Simpson                   
First names:  Catherine
       Born:                             At:
       Died:                             At:
        Age:  77                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of James Augustus Simpson.

    Surname:  Simpson                   
First names:  James Augustus
       Born:                             At:
       Died:                             At:
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Husband of Catherine Simpson.  Father of Thomas, 
              William and James Allan Simpson.

    Surname:  Temple                   
First names:  John
       Born:                             At:
       Died:  3 Jan 1914                 At:
        Age:                         Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:

    Surname:  Vaughn                   
First names:  Annie
       Born:  1854                       At:
       Died:  24 Oct 1891                At:
        Age:  37                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Wife of Austin Vaughn.

    Surname:  Vaughn                   
First names:  Austin
       Born:  1855                       At:
       Died:  8 Sep 1936                 At:
        Age:  81                     Buried:  Eton 
   Comments:  Husband of Annie Vaughn.
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