Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
William Reuben WILSON
Age at Death42
Date Of Death16 September 1912 : Reg 144/1912 Boulder
Place Of BirthSouth Australia
OccupationShift Boss
Spouse's NameJane Victoria nee CABLE, Her husband William Reuben passed away on 16 September 1912 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, at the age of 42. They had been married 13 years. When Jane Victoria Eade was born in 1873 in Sussex, her father, James, was 34, and her mother, Lucinda, was 19. She married William Joseph Cable and they had one daughter together. She then married William Reuben Wilson and they had three children together. She died in 1959 in Perth, Western Australia, at the age of 86. Ancestry.com
ChildrenLucinda Maude Cable, and Joseph, William, Mary, Monica Wilson
Evening Star, Tuesday 17 September 1912
Boulder Cemetery, Boulder, Western Australia - Photo: Find a Grave
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Ivanhoe GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Fall of earth.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Andrew WILSON
Mother
Mary HANRAHAN
Place of marriage
Kalgoorlie, WA, 1899
Other Information
WILSON.— The friends of the late William Reuben Wilson are respectfully informed that his remains will be removed from his late residence, No. 16 Vivian-street, Boulder, at 11 o'clock this day (Wednesday). The funeral will proceed to All Hallow's Church, Moran-street, where the usual service will be held; thence to the Roman Catholic portion of the Boulder Cemetery. — J. H.Greenwood, Undertaker, Burt-street. Tel. 133.
WILSON. — On September 16th, killed in Ivanhoe Mine, William Reuben, the dearly beloved husband of Jane Victoria Wilson, and only son of Andrew and Mary Wilson, of South Australia. Aged 42 years. (Adelaide papers please copy).
The funeral of the late William Reuben Wilson., shift boss at the Ivanhoe mine, who was killed on Monday evening last, took place yesterday when a. large number of the deceased's friends and, fellow workers attended. The cortege moved from the deceased's late residence a£ .11 o'clock, and proceeded to All Hallow's Church, Moran Street, where a service was conducted- by the Rev. Father Kiely. After the service, a large number of men comprising the deceased's mates and fellow workers, members of the Miners' Union, Ivanhoe Football Club, and the Druids' Ledge, of which the deceased was a member, followed the remains to their last resting place, in the Roman Catholic portion of the Boulder Cemetery.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. Callum, Egan, Toms, Gould, Rowse, and McKeown. Amongst the floral tributes were wreaths from the office staff of the Ivanhoe mine, the men on the deceased's shift, timbermen, Ivanhoe Football Club, Druids'Lodge Ivanhoe fellow workers, Mr.McGallum's shift, the shift bosses, Mrs. Jackson, and Mr. Eiggol. The deceased leaves a widow and four children to mourn their loss.
BEREAVEMENT.
THANKS.— Mrs. Wilson and family desire to tender their heartfelt THANKS to Mr. Nicholson, manager of the Ivanhoe Mine, Staff and Employees of the above, also the Ivanhoe Footballers, for the respect they showed last Saturday, and all others who attended the funeral; Dr. Connelly, Ancient Order of Druids for prompt settlement of the £37, and Mr. Baily (deceased's mate), Mrs. C. Baily, Mrs. Collet, Mrs.Donnes, Mrs. M. Critchley, Mrs.W. Manley, Mrs. C. Higgins, Mrs.J. Cleghorn, Mrs. M. Hefron, Miss M. Giles, Miss N. Giles, and all other sympathetic friends, and those who sent letters, telegrams, cards and floral tributes in their recent sad and sudden bereavement.
