Bowen Headstones, Queensland, Australia

Bowen

 Pos S 20°00.005 
   E 148°13.987

Bowen is about 180 km north of Mackay, on the first harbour after the Whitsunday Islands. As with most other coastal towns, it was the port that gave it initial importance, plus the access to the hinterland, and was originally known as Port Denison. About 80 km inland is the coal mining town of Collinsville, which has a rail line to the loadout terminal at Abbots Point, just north of Bowen. The area is also known for the extensive vegetable and melon farms. Not all headstones are included in this listing, for the cemetery is quite a large one. Updates will be made when the formatting of the main file is complete, and when more readings are taken.
Collected and collated by Alan Wagener	Actual headstone data; Data from other sources
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    Surname:  Lale                      
First names:  Albert Richmond
       Born:  20 Nov 1882               At:  
       Died:  10 Jan 1883               At:
        Age:  6 weeks               Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Infant son of Eliza and William Lale. 
    Surname:  Lale                      
First names:  Eliza
       Born:  ca 1854                   At:  
       Died:  14 Jan 1885               At:
        Age:  31                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Wife of William Lale. 
    Surname:  Lale                      
First names:  Maud Winnifred
       Born:  28 Oct 1883               At:  
       Died:  8 Mar 1884                At:
        Age:  5 months              Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Daughter of Eliza and William Lale. 
    Surname:  Lale                      
First names:  William Victor
       Born:  15 Oct 1881               At:  
       Died:  11 Feb 1882               At:
        Age:  14 weeks              Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Infant son of Eliza and William Lale. 
    Surname:  Land                      
First names:  James Havelock
       Born:  ca 1859                   At:  
       Died:  10 Dec 1929               At:
        Age:  70                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Husband of Sybell Julia Land. Father of Sydney James Land. 
    Surname:  Land                      
First names:  Leonard Joseph
       Born:  Apr 1956                  At:  
       Died:  5 Oct 1957                At:
        Age:  18 months             Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  'son and brother'. 
    Surname:  Land                      
First names:  Sybell Julia
       Born:  ca 1863                   At:  
       Died:  25 Apr 1950               At:
        Age:  87                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Wife of James Havelock Land. Mother of Sydney James Land. 
    Surname:  Land                      
First names:  Sydney James
       Born:                            At:  
       Died:                            At:  KIA Battle of Messines (WW2).
        Age:  87                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Son of Sybell Julia and James Havelock Land. 
    Surname:  Lascelles              
First names:  Edward George
       Born:                            At:  
       Died:  28 Jul 1938               At:  
        Age:                        Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname:  Lascelles              
First names:  Geoffrey Edward
       Born:                            At:  
       Died:  11 Jan 1911               At:  
        Age:                        Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname:  Lascelles              
First names:  George Murray
       Born:  ca Jul 1893               At:  
       Died:  1 Jan 1893                At:  
        Age:  6 months              Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname:  Layton                   
First names:  E.T.
       Born:  ca 1882                   At:  
       Died:  18 May 1954               At:  
        Age:  72                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname:  Lederhose              
First names:  Hilda
       Born:  ca 1883                   At:  
       Died:  25 Jan 1920               At:  
        Age:  37                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  'husband and daughter'.
    Surname:  Leet                      
First names:  Elizabeth
       Born:  ca 1842                   At:  
       Died:  11 Oct 1893               At:  
        Age:  51                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Wife of Mark Leet.
    Surname:  Leet                      
First names:  Mark
       Born:                            At:  
       Died:  26 Jan 1881               At:  
        Age:                        Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Husband of Elizabeth Leet.
    Surname:  Linneweber            
First names:  Mary
       Born:  ca 1891                   At:  
       Died:  29 Jan 1958               At:  
        Age:  67                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  'our dear aunt'.
    Surname:  Lloyd                     
First names:  George J.
       Born:  ca 1896                   At:  
       Died:  17 Aug 1957               At:  
        Age:  61                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  Amelia Rose
       Born:  30 Oct 1880               At:  Bowen, QLD
       Died:  26 Dec 1966               At:  Bowen, QLD
        Age:  26                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  Edith
       Born:  4 Mar 1870                At:  Bowen, QLD
       Died:  27 Sep 1873               At:  Bowen, QLD
        Age:  3                     Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Presumed daughter of William and Sarah Lott.
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  Ernest William
       Born:  19 Sep 1866               At:  Bowen, QLD
       Died:  6 Jul 1965                At:  Bowen, QLD
        Age:  99                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  Henry Bankhead
       Born:  29 Aug 1873               At:  Bowen, QLD
       Died:  4 Apr 1946                At:  Bowen, QLD
        Age:  73                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Husband of Janet Sutherland Lott.
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  Janet Sutherland
       Born:  27 Jul 1865               At:  Caithness, Parish of Wick, Scotland 
       Died:  17 Oct 1948               At:  
        Age:  83                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Wife of Henry Bankhead Lott.
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  John English
       Born:  9 Mar 1862                At:  Kensington, Geelong, VIC 
       Died:  7 Nov 1949                At:  
        Age:  87                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments: 
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  Sarah Ann
       Born:  10 Oct 1842               At:  Adelaide, SA 
       Died:  28 Oct 1912               At: 'Hindmarsh', Bowen, QLD 
        Age:  70                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Wife of William Lott.
    Surname: Lott                         
First names: Stephen Alfred
       Born: 24 Sep 1868                At: Bowen, QLD 
       Died: 7 Aug 1962                 At: Bowen, QLD 
        Age: 94                     Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments: With Mary Ann Pascoe.
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  Thomas Girling
       Born:  2 Nov 1876                At: 
       Died:  22 Oct 1877               At: 
        Age:  1                     Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Presumed to be son of Sarah and William Lott.
    Surname:  Lott                       
First names:  William
       Born:  26 Feb 1829               At:  East Bergholt, Suffolk, England 
       Died:  29 Sep 1916               At:  'Hindmarsh', Bowen, QLD 
        Age:  87                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Husband of Sarah Ann Lott.
    Surname:  Lumley-Hill          
First names:  Maud Caroline
       Born:                            At: 
       Died:  31 Dec 1955               At:  
        Age:                        Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:
    Surname:  Lynch                    
First names:  Ellen
       Born:  ca 1841                   At:  Co. Armargh, Ireland 
       Died:  26 Sep 1907               At:  
        Age:  66                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Wife of James Lynch.
    Surname:  Lynch                    
First names:  James
       Born:  ca 1832                   At:  Lurgan, Co. Armargh, Ireland 
       Died:  9 Aug 1917                At:  
        Age:  85                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Husband of Ellen Lynch.
    Surname:  Lynch                    
First names:  Mary Annie
       Born:  ca 1890                   At:  
       Died:  13 Jun 1968               At:  
        Age:  78                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Wife of William Lynch.
    Surname:  Lynch                    
First names:  Mildred Annie
       Born:  Jun 1917                  At:  
       Died:  20 Mar 1924               At:  
        Age:  6 years 9 months      Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Daughter of Mary Annie Lynch and William Lynch.
    Surname:  Lynch                    
First names:  William
       Born:  ca 1878                   At:  
       Died:  25 Jun 1956               At:  
        Age:  78                    Buried:  Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  Husband of Mary Annie Lynch.

SURNAME	FIRST NAMES			DEATH	DEATH PLACE	AGE	COMMENTS
MacInnes	Donald John	1899		8 Mar 1877		78	Husband of Ethel Dorothy MacInnes.
MacInnes	Ethel Dorothy	1906		30 Sep 1986		80	Wife of Donald John MacInnes.
MacKenzie	Alexander	1835	Ross Shire, Scotland	16 Sep 1901		66
MacKenzie	Edward William	1870		19 Sep 1936		66	'husband and our father'.
MacKenzie	Elizabeth	1871		23 May 1956		85
Madge	Norman Spencer	1897		19 Jan 1915		18	Brother to Pearl Valetta Madge?
Madge	Pearl Valetta	1893		26 Dec 1913		20	Sister of Norman Spencer Madge?
Maltby	Fred	1880		7 Jun 1968		88	Husband of Mary Ann Elizabeth Maltby.
Maltby.	Mary Ann Elizabeth	1879		28 Apr 1963		84	Wife of Fred Maltby.
March	Ann Gertrude	Aug 1870		18 Apr 1872		1	age 1 yr 8 mnths. Daughter of William and Elizaberth March.
March	Frederic William Roskin	Aug 1869		17 Apr 1872		2	age 2 yrs 8 mnths. Son of William and Elizabeth March.
Marshall	John Augustus	1881		22 Jan 1907		26
Martin	Bridget	1884		1956		72	Wife of Joseph Martin
Martin	Joseph	1879		1950		71	Husband of Bridget Martin
Martin	Terence	1918		1951		33
McAllister	A.	1858		6 Jan 1943		85	Wife of J.B. McAllister.
McAllister	J.B.	1860		16 Jun 1926		66	Husband of A. McAllister.
McArthur	Angus	Apr 1875		21 Jul 1875			age 3 mnths.
McArthur	John Horatio	1860		5 May 1885		25	with Angus McArthur.
McCane	Mervyn Edward	1935		6 Mar 1956	Accidentally killed	21
McDonald	Alice Lucy	1872		2 Dec 1925		53	Wife of Donald Archibald McDonald
McDonald	Donald	1806		22 Jun 1890		84	Father of Annie Clark Nicolson.
McDonald	Donald Archibald	1873		17 Jan 1927		54	Husband of Alice Lucy McDonald
McDonald	Mary			4 May 1959		101	Daughter of James & Agnes Gordon
McDonald	Mary	1858		4 May 1959		101	Daughter of James & Agnes Gordon
McGinty	Rev. William			27 Nov 1871			Brother Charles
McGinty	Rev. William	1819		27 Nov 1871		52	Erected by brother Charles.
McKee	Charlotte Mary	1885		2 Oct 1935		50	Wife of David John McKee.
McKee	David John	1884		10 Nov 1948		64	Husband of Charlotte Mary McKee.
McLean	Ross	1855		3 Nov 1928		73
McLennan	Kenneth Craig	1962		13 Jun 1944		82
McMahon	James Ray	1906		18 Apr 1992		86	Husband of Phyllis Cecilia McMahon.
McMahon	Phyllis Cecilia			2 Apr 1985			Wife of James Ray McMahon.
McWhirt	James	1832		13 Aug 1896		64	Husband of Susan McWhirt. 'our dear parents'.
McWhirt	Mary Elizabeth	1872		9 Mar 1965		93	Wife of Thomas James McWhirt. 'erected by sons and daughter.
McWhirt	Susan	1840		16 Sep 1911		71	Wife of James McWhirt. 'our dear parents'.
McWhirt	Thomas James	1872		13 May 1948		76	Husband of Mary Elizabeth McWhirt. Presumed to be son of James and Susan McWhirt. 'erected by sons and daughter'.
Michael	Charles Frederick Lale	Dec 1886		Aug 1888			age 1 yr 8 mnths. Inf son of Charles and Annie Michael.
Michael	Cyril	1889		10 Apr 1949		60
Michael	Helen	1917		1 May 1935		18
Miller	Catherine Donald	19 Oct 1870	Alva, Stirlingshire, England	17 Jan 1922		52	Mother of Euphemia Borghero (daughter).
Miller	Donald	22 Mar 1842	Dorery, Caithness, Scotland	24 Nov 1924	Bowen, QLD	82
Miller	James Hall Scott	1881		19 May 1915		34	Erected by his father, D. Miller.
Miller	Jessie	1844		1 Jan 1866		22	Wife of Donald Miller
Miller	Jessie A.	1882		20 Feb 1962		80	Wife of Robert Wallace Miller.
Miller	Johanna	17 Oct 1835	Reiss, par. of Wick, Caithness, Scotland	15 Jul 1920	Kensington, Bowen, QLD	85	Wife of William Miller
Miller	Robert Wallace	1878		30 Nov 1943		65	Husband of Jessie A. Miller.
Millier	William	1823		12 Sep 1889		66
Moore	Arthur Benjamin	12 Aug 1888	London, England	18 Jun 1952		64
Mortimer	Richard Charles Edward	Oct 1915		17 Nov 1915			Age 3 weeks. Son of R.C. and I. Mortimer.
Muller	Frederick Charles	1873		6 Sep 1944		71	Husband of Theresa Muller
Muller	Theresa	1875		14 Oct 1945	Bowen	70	Wife of Frederick Joseph Muller.
Myles	Frederick Henry		Bowen	12 Jul 1908	Bowen
Myles	Selina Evaline		Grant, VIC	13 Aug 1912	Bowen


    Surname: Neale                     
First names: Annie
       Born: ca 1853                   At:  
       Died: 31 Jan 1936               At:  
        Age: 72                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments: Spouse of Anne Neale
    Surname: Neale                     
First names: George Henry
       Born: ca 1857                   At: Cern Abbes, Dorsetshire.
       Died: 11 Mar 1900               At:  
        Age: 43                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments: Spouse of Anne Neale
    Surname: Neale                     
First names: George Henry
       Born: ca 1887                   At:
       Died: 3 Feb 1900                At:  
        Age: 13                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments: Son of G.H. & Anne Neale
Nina Shereston sent us this snippet, which she reports as having been drawn from  the booklet 'The Merinda Story' released to commerorate the 90th anniversary of the Merinda State School.

Record NTH Qld. Floods - March, 1946
"Lives and Property lost when Don River bursts banks"

The worst floods ever known in North Queensland occurred on Sunday night 3rd March, 1946, when torrential rain downpours resulted from cyclone conditions causing rivers to overflow banks and the country was literally a sea of water from North Townsville to Mckay.The Don River and Euri creeks were raging torrents resulting in the loss of four lives and Merinda Police Station washed away at Merinda. 

"Tragedy near Merinda"
What is known as 'Little Sandy Gully', between Don Delta and Merinda, proved one of the main channels for the flood waters, and it was in this vicinity that four lives were lost. The home of Robert Disney Ness, a widower aged 68, stood in the area, and at the time he resided there with six of his children. The family were in the house at 10.00p.m on Sunday night, when the waters commenced to rise about the house. 
They climbed onto the furniture, but soon the doors were forced by the water and a wall was washed out - one of the children, George Alexander Ness, aged 12, being swepted away and lost. The house soon started to collapse and after being caught against the ceiling, the remainder of the family reached the roof, but that also became submerged and the twin sons, Donald Disney Ness and Colin Stewart Ness, aged 11 were lost. 

Christina Ness aged 18, held her father and as the flood waters rose they were carried 2 miles by the waters, during which Mr Ness was lost, and Christine, Thomas and Ronald, the only survivers of this tragic occurrence found shelter in trees until morning. They are now in the care of Sergeant and Mrs. Elstob with whom their sister Irene has resided for some time. Another of the family, Kenneth, is at present away in the services. 
The bodies of George Ness, Donald and Colin Ness were recovered next moring by constable Power of Merinda and the Jensen family. The news of the tradgey came as a dreadful shock to the whole community, for the late Mr Ness was well known in the district, where he carried on farming for many years. The greatest sympathy will be extended to the orphaned children."We can presume that Christine Bock is the sister mentioned.

    Surname: Ness                      
First names: Alex
       Born: ca 1862                   At:
       Died: 28 May 1902               At:  
        Age: 40                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname: Ness                      
First names: Colin S.
       Born: ca 1936                   At:
       Died: 3 Mar 1946                At:  
        Age: 10                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname: Ness                      
First names: Donald D.
       Born: ca 1936                   At:
       Died: 3 Mar 1946                At:  
        Age: 10                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname: Ness                      
First names: George A.
       Born: ca 1935                   At:
       Died: 3 Mar 1946                At:  
        Age: 11                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments:  
    Surname: Ness                      
First names: Robert Disney
       Born: ca 1878                   At:
       Died: 3 Mar 1946                At:  
        Age: 68                    Buried: Bowen cemetery, QLD
   Comments: With Christina Mavis Brock.

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SURNAME	FIRST NAMES		DEATH	AGE	COMMENTS
Newman	Gustav	1859	1 Jun 1934	75	'dear father'
Nicolson	Annie Clark	1855	12 Jul 1911	56	Wife of John Nicolson. Daughter of Donald McDonald.
Nicolson	John		18 Apr 1931		Husband of Annie Clark Nicolson (nee McDonald)
Norris	Walter Stephen	1928	1986	58	'my husband, our Grandy'.