The child had been suffering for some 13 days before his demise.
The child's parents were married on 2 July 1906 at Kookynie (Marriage Registration 29/1906, North Coolgardie). John Richard was their first born. James Edward was born in 1909; Eileen Mary in 1911; Thomas William in 1913. Their father died on 30 June 1914 at Kookynie. Nellie died 3 December 1950.