Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo by Danelle Warnock
Edmund MANNERS
Age at Death53
Date Of Death14 April 1899 : Reg 364/1899 (Registered as Edward)
Place Of BirthOswego, New York, USA
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameMary Jane Garton (1853-1937)
ChildrenAlice Virginia born 1875 - John Morton born 1876 - Edmund Jr born 1878 - George Washington born 1880 - Margaret Garfield born 1881 - Elizabeth Maud born 1883 - Sarah born 1885 - Admella born 1886 - Ralph born 1888 - William born 1890 - Jessie born 1892 - Nancy Jane born 1894.
Albany Advertiser, Saturday 15 April 1899
Coolgardie Miner, Friday 14 April 1899
Kalgoorlie Miner, Friday 14 April 1899
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum WA (Corrections panel)
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Crushed by a fall of 20 tons of earth.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Alfred Morton Manners (1797-1872)
Mother
Nancy Beardsly Ainsworth (1806-1891)
Place of marriage
Eganstown, Victoria. 29 May 1873
Other Information
Story: Edmund MANNERS – grave tales
There is a street named after him in Somerville, Kalgoorlie.
Referred to as Edward Manners in reports. Two sons worked at the same mine.
