Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Thomas MARTIN
Age at Death62
Date Of Death10 August 1905 : Reg 506/1905
Place Of BirthKenwyn, Cornwall, England
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameJane DONEY (1845-1899)
ChildrenElizabeth Jane born 1863 - Thomas born 1864 - Mary Ann born 1866 - Eliza born 1868 - Caroline born 1870 - Thomas born 1873 - Mary born 1876 - James Todd born 1879 - Samuel born 1881 - Matilda Jane born 1884.
Coolgardie Miner, Tue 15 Aug 1905 Page 2
Kalgoorlie Western Argus, Tuesday 12 September 1905, page 14
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Norseman Times, Tuesday 15 August 1905, page 2
Memorialised on his wife's headstone, Bendigo, Vic.
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Golden East GM, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
A fall of earth buried Thomas Martin and William Smetherham. Martin was killed and Smetherham made an invalid.
Place Of Burial
Coolgardie Cemetery, Coolgardie.
Submitted by
Shari-Lei McLean (Volunteer)
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John MARTIN (1806-1849)
Mother
Elizabeth MITCHELL (1818-1861)
Place of marriage
7 Apr 1864 - Menheniot, Cornwall, England,
Other Information
"...both men were fed by tube for two days until they could be rescued. Sadly, on the 10th August 1905 Thomas Martin, a father of 10 children died just before being brought out. Great Grandfather, though injured. survived but was left an invalid."
See story: The Smetherham’s – a family story
