Charters Towers Pioneer Headstones, Queensland, Australia

Charters Towers Cemetery Listings

Charters Towers is inland from Townsville, west and south, and on the main route across to Mt. Isa. It is a picturesque town, with many buildings still as they were in the days of the gold rush, although today the mines are much farther out of town, and the area is probably better known for cattle and for the annual Country and Western festival.

In its mining hey-day it was the largest town in Northern Queensland, and very conscious of the fact, so much so that its inhabitants fondly called it 'The World'. This name is proudly displayed above the town even today.

The pioneer cemetery is on the SE side of town, a brown slab of pebbly ground the size of a large football field. Many of the interments here were deaths occurring in the mines of the day. The newer (and current) cemetery is on the road to The Lynd, on the north side of town.

It should be noted here that while we completed the Pioneer cemetery records alone, the major part of the new cemetery listings are the dedicated work of Cherylle Hamilton, June Norman and Lynn Wallis. It is their wonderfully presented booklet that has been used for base data in this case, along with our own.
Actual headstone data; + Data from other sources

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    Surname: Adams                     
First names: John Henry 
       Born: 1829                       At: Torrington, Nth Devon, England
       Died: 24 Aug 1886                At:
        Age: 57                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: 
    Surname: Alford  née Packwood     
First names: Elise Alice (Gwen)             Genealogy
       Born: 1900                       At:
       Died: 1985                       At:
        Age: 85                     Buried: New Charters Towers cemetery
   Comments: Wife of Vivian Howard Alford.
    Surname: Allen                     
First names: William 
       Born: 18 Jan 1885                At:
       Died: 18 Jan 1885                At:
        Age: 1 day                  Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: Son of Edward Allen.
    Surname: Allen                     
First names: Edward 
       Born: 1836                       At: Kent, England
       Died: 23 Jan 1877                At: (Check these dates!)
        Age: 41                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: Father of infants William + William Edward.
    Surname: Allen                     
First names: William Edward
       Born:                            At:
       Died: 6 Mar 1886                 At:
        Age: 14 weeks               Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: Son of Edward Allen.
    Surname: Allingham                
First names: Wylie Johnston
       Born: 17 Jul 1910                At:
       Died: 20 Jul 1910                At:
        Age: 3 days                 Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments: Infant son of Bert and Olive Allingham.
    Surname: Andrews                  
First names: Sara Ann 
       Born: 6 Oct 1867                 At:
       Died: 23 Oct 1887                At:
        Age: 20                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: (Presumed) daughter of Sarah and William Andrews.
    Surname: Andrews                  
First names: Sarah Ann 
       Born: 1843                       At:
       Died: 17 Feb 1885                At:
        Age: 42                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: Wife of William Andrews.
    Surname: Andrews                  
First names: William 
       Born: 1839                       At:
       Died: 13 Jan 1887                At:
        Age: 48                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: Husband of Sarah Ann Andrews.
    Surname: Arbouin                  
First names: James Oliver 
       Born: 1841                       At:
       Died: Dec 1872                   At: Killed by lightning .
        Age: 31                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: 'loving wife'.
    Surname: Arscott                  
First names: Alfred 
       Born: 1868                       At:
       Died: 9 Feb 1911                 At:
        Age: 43                     Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments: Husband of Fannie Arscott.
    Surname: Arscott  née Kelly       +
First names: Annie Maria (Annie)            Genealogy
       Born: 15 May 1875                At: Millchester, Charters Towers
       Died: 23 Nov 1955                At:
        Age: 80                     Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments:  'at rest, gran'. Wife of Henry William Arscott.
    Surname: Arscott  née Kelly       +
First names: Catherine                      Genealogy
       Born: 13 Mar 1880                At: Millchester, Charters Towers
       Died: 4 Jun 1948                 At: Charters Towers, QLD
        Age: 68                     Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments:  'our dear mother'. Wife of Joseph Thomas Arscott.
    Surname: Arscott                  
First names: Frederick                     Genealogy
       Born: c1840                      At:
       Died: 19 Jan 1901                At:
        Age: 61                     Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments:  Husband of Annie Caroline Arscott (herself in 
              Townsville's Westend cemetery)
    Surname: Arscott                  
First names: Henry William                 Genealogy
       Born: 1875                       At:
       Died: 31 Jan 1945                At:
        Age: 70                     Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments: 'at rest, grandad'. Assumed to be husband of (2nd) 
             Annie Arscott.
    Surname: Arscott                  
First names: Joseph Thomas                 Genealogy
       Born:                            At:
       Died: 26 Mar 1948                At:
        Age:                        Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments: 'our dear father'. Spouse of Catherine Arscott.
    Surname: Arscott                  
First names: Mabel                         Genealogy
       Born:                            At:
       Died: 28 Apr 1953                At:
        Age:                        Buried: New cemetery  
   Comments: 'our dear sister'. Assumed to be daughter of Catherine 
             & Joseph Thomas Arscott.
    Surname: Arenden  neé Templeton   
First names: Jane
       Born: 1843                       At:
       Died: 7 Feb 1880                 At:
        Age: 37                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: Wife of Thomas Arenden, 3rd daughter of Thomas 
             Templeton of Co. Armagh, Ireland. 'Sorrowing husband 
             and seven little ones'.
    Surname: Ashford 
First names: Isaac 
       Born: 1835                       At:
       Died: 3 Feb 1888                 At:
        Age: 53                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: 
    Surname: Auld 
First names: Jane 
       Born: 1830                       At:
       Died: 12 Oct 1879                At:
        Age: 49                     Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: Wife of William Auld.
    Surname: Ayton 
First names: Grace Muriel 
       Born:                            At:
       Died: circa 1888                 At:
        Age: 1 month                Buried: Pioneer cemetery  
   Comments: With Eustace Ayton.

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