Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
David BOOTH
Age at Death37
Date Of Death12 April 1919 : Reg 13/1919 Mt Margaret
Place Of BirthBlackburn, Lancashire, England
OccupationMiner/Trucker
Spouse's NameMartha Alice Morgan - Martha Alice - b 1880, Blackburn, Lancashire, Eng. She married David Booth, miner/trucker, born 9 July 1882, Blackburn, ENG. He died in a mining accident (falling earth) at the Lancefield G.M, Beria on 12 April 1919, aged 37 and was buried in Laverton on 14 April 1919. They married in 1905, Blackburn, ENG. Their only child, Edith Matthewman, nee BOOTH. Martha returned to England with her child Edith and was cremated at the Pleasington Cemetery and Crematorium in Blackburn, Lancashire, Eng. The image of the creation document you have indicates her ashes were “Strewn”, meaning scattered at the Pleasington Cemetery and Crematorium.
ChildrenEdith Matthewman, nee Booth (1st Marriage: Crook) (2nd Marriage: Matthewman).
Laverton Mercury, Saturday 26 April 1919
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Lancefield GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Killed by a fall of earth.
Place Of Burial
Laverton Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
District
Laverton
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Ralph Mason BOOTH
Mother
Elizabeth Ann COCKING
Place of marriage
Blackburn, Lancashire England 1905.
Other Information
Arrived on the 10 April 1912 in Fremantle, Western Australia, on the ship Gothic from England.
