Watsonville; Archive

   
 Pos S  17° 19' 23"
E 145° 55' 42"
Watsonville is a small village on the road from Herberton to Irvinebank. In its time it was a thriving tin-mining site that drew people from all over the north of Queensland, seeking the 'black gold' in the otherwise dry gullies and riverbeds. Nowadays there is little to see other than the hardy species of gum tree that seems to be able to survive on almost bare rock.

The cemetery itself is on the top of the ridge just after the peculiar mid-street windmill. The Mareeba Shire Council is resposible for maintenance, and have arranged some very informative plaques and kept the quiet bush location tidy yet undisturbed.

It is worth noting that many of the names on the stones or on the plaque echo others in the Cooktown cemetery. In particular there are several families of Swedish extraction.

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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There are more entries than these inside the MOP database!

    Surname: Bennett               
First names: Christina May
       Born: ca 1874                   At:
       Died: 24 Sep 1905               At:
        Age: 31                    Buried: Watsonville, QLD
   Comments: Wife of Charles J. Bennett, of Stannary Hills. Drowned with son Frank in 
             Walsh River.

    Surname: Bennett               
First names: Frank
       Born: ca 1896                   At:
       Died: 24 Sep 1905               At:
        Age: 9                     Buried: Watsonville, QLD
   Comments: Son of Charles J. Bennett, of Stannary Hills. Drowned with mother in 
             Walsh River.

    Surname: Roos                    
First names: Clement
       Born: 25 May 1917               At:
       Died: 25 May 1917               At:
        Age: 3 hours               Buried: Watsonville, QLD
   Comments: 

    Surname: Roos                    
First names: Elna
       Born: ca 1849                   At:
       Died: 16 Aug 1934               At:
        Age: 85                    Buried: Watsonville, QLD
   Comments: Presumed to be wife of Nils Roos.

    Surname: Roos                    
First names: James Victor
       Born: ca 1905                   At:
       Died: 19 Jan 1910               At:
        Age: 5                     Buried: Watsonville, QLD
   Comments: Presumed son of Nils & Elna Roos.
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