Outback Graves Markers

Bessie Janet STEEL

Burial Location:Niagara  (details...)
Occupation: Miner
Place of Death: Kookynie Hospital
Date of Death: 15 March 1903
Date of Burial:16 March 1903
Age:13 years
Cause of Death:Typhoid Fever
OGM Ref#: 0833

Biography

The child's death was certified in writing by Charles Lamb, Undertaker, Kookynie. Witnesses to the burial were J. Neve and H.O. Savage. The child had lived in South Australia for 11 years. Other siblings were: Robert Allan born 23 April 1892 and Frederick Melville born 27 Oct 1893, both in Mt Gambia South Australia; William Leonard born 6 September 1896 at Phillipstown, South Australia.
Parents:Hannah Ellen (nee KNIGHT) and Robert STEEL (Miner)
Birth Details:14 Oct 1889, Mount Gambier, South Australia; Birth Reg.No.447/225, Mt Gambier
Death Certificate:734/1903