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Pioneer Park - Gawler, South Australia Memorial
This cemetery has been cleared and is now known as Pioneer Park. A Plaque of all buried there is present. To download a list of those buried there click on file icon below. Many thanks to Beth Page for her assistance with this cemetery. Some headstones have been relocated to Willaston Cemetery. GraveSecrets.Net
Pioneer Park which is located at the North end of Murray Street is a much utilised and well maintained park. Originally it was the local cemetery which was planned by Colonel William Light. The first burial was recorded in 1847 and the cemetery was used up to 1864 when there were health issues brought up due to the proximity of the growing town. The St George's Anglican cemetery (42 Cheek Avenue) was opened in 1861 and that was used for interments. Gawler's Town Council cemetery was opened in 1866 in Dawkins Avenue, Willaston. As the Pioneer Park cemetery was no longer in use after 1870 it was being neglected and had become overgrown. In 1933 with most of the headstones removed, the park was dedicated as parklands. A dedicatory service was held in October 1936, and the old cemetery was renamed Pioneer Place. The Pioneer Park headstones were taken to the Willaston cemetery and a display of headstones was created at the entrance. Gawler Now and Then
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basically we want to place these person, many infants with their families on Geni, in a [ships list project] and upload documents, pictures and history associated with these families.
Associated Biographies (not everyone came to SA on a boat)
- John McKinlay (1819-1872), explorer, was born on 26 August 1819 at Sandbank on Holy Loch, Argyllshire, Scotland, third son of Dugald McKinlay, merchant and feuar, and his wife Catherine, née McKellar. Educated at Dalinlongart School, he migrated to New South Wales with his brother Alexander in 1836. McKinlay married Jane Pile, daughter of James Pile at Gawler on 17 January 1863. James Pile who was born at Beverley, Yorkshire, and came to South Australia in 1849.PDF
- Richard Uren / Uern's Drowned ferrying women across the raging Nth Para River which had swept away the bridge on July 22nd 1847. Eliza wife and 5 children.
- James Martin, MLC James Martin was born in Cornwall in 1821. For health reasons, James Martin migrated to South Australia in 1847 and arrived in Gawler on June 15, 1848 with a dray containing his young wife, some furniture and a few tools. Possessed of a natural ability for anything mechanical, James Martin commenced and built up a business in the town and at one time he employed around 700 men on a property that covered 18 acres. He began by manufacturing farm implements, moved on to mining machinery and finally railway locomotives and rolling stock.
Pioneer Park "short list" more information is in the document pictures to download above.
Panel 1
Church of England
1847
- FIELDING Ellen 2
- Thomas ( a Sydney aborigine) 20
- COWLING Richard 33
- SCRIVELING George 1½
- UERN Richard 32
- WILLIAMS William 14 weeks
- FREEMAN George 17
- STRIBLING Joseph 10 days
- HENDERSON Sarah 2 days
1848
- LYTHGO Peter
- WILLIAMS Amelia 2
- FIELDING Thomas 35
- WILLIAMS William 4
- HISSEY William 5
- FAGIN John Walter 5 months
- HISSEY George 2
- PARRIS Caroline 27
- RANDALL John 5
- A married woman
- BOLTON William
1849
- WILKINSON Jane 32
- CHAPPLE Martha 7 months
- FRANCIS William 20
- WILSON Sarah 34
- ALLEN Richard 3
- LOVEDAY Elizabeth 50
- KNIGHT Clara 20
- DOBNEY Sarah Ann 10
- DOBNEY George 12
- TAYLOR Hannah
- JACKMAN Charlotte 16 months
- JACKMAN Elizabeth 5
- RIGBY Jane 31
- HALYON John Richard 1
- BORROWS John 48
- SQUARE William 1 month
- SPEAR Elizabeth 21
- BORRTILL Mary 28
1850
- BUCKLEY James 44
- CRITCHAL Sarah 23
- JOHNSTON Ann 1
- SHUTTER Stephen Henry 10 days
- ORSMORN Thomas 42
- BARNES James 1
- COPLING Sarah Ann 10 months
- HERRIDGE John 25
- RENTON Ann 5
- WILLIS Anne 9
- BARBER Samuel 1
- GARRETT Ann 33
- EDWARDS Barbara 1
- BEECH Thomas Estley 5 months
- FORRESTER Edmond Bowman 8
- AYLING Mary Louisa 1
- SNELLING Alfred 8 months
- HAHN Maria Charlotte Louisa 11 months
- CHALLEN Frances Sarah 4
- BECKMANN E
1851
- WILSON Christina 6 months
- CHIGWIDDEN Sophia 22 months
Panel 2
1851
- SPRINGBETT William 55
- KING Frances Mary 19 months
- COATES Henry William 45
- BALDOCK Sabrina 51
- SPARGO Margaret 5
- HAMES Agnes 10 months
- BRIGHT Alfred James 20 months
- WILLIAMS Benjamin Haigh 31
- PADDOCK Storer 3 weeks
- PEARL James Allen 5 weeks
- LANGTON Thomas 38
- HENWOOD Annie 1 month
- McCALLUM John 35
- WILLIAMS Catherine 9 months
- NEILL Eli 1 month
1852
- LEWIS Robert Travers 45
- GLUMAS James 4 months
- HYDE Joseph 75
- EMSLIE Annie 5
- GOWER Louisa 9
- MARTIN Christiana 34
- KNOT Henry 3 months
- RIGGAL Mary Sibella 3 months
- BEECH George Bradfield 11 months
- MARTIN Christiana 2 months
- BECK John 4 days
- JOHNS Esther 6 weeks
- EDWARDS Sarah Elizabeth 16 months
- SQUARE Elizabeth 4 months
- HENICKER Charlotte 2
- BENSON Hugh Canning 20
- MAHONEY David 1
- FAIRBANK William Henry 3
- HELMORE Porter 38
- LONG June 44
- GASTON Rebecca 39
- BANKHURST Mary 1
- RAGLEP Thomas 26
1853
- OGGLEBBY James 5
- THOMAS Mrs Dinah 53
- LOVEDAY Matthew 50
- STEDMAN Sarah Ann 27
- STEDMAN Warneford Holloway 3 weeks
- WESLEY Rebecca 4 weeks
- JOHNSON Joseph 26
- FORSTER John 15 weeks
- LONG William 44
- SHAW James 1 month
- CRISP Percy 3
- COLEMAN Charles 2
- ROBINSON John 1month
- FERGUSSON George 4
- MITCHELL Jane 7
- BUDGE Sinclair 32
- FRIEDLANDS Emma Augusta J 1
- GREAVES Thomas 7
- LAWSON James 47
- GREEN William 3 weeks
- SMYTH Mary Jane 1 month
- MARTIN Ann 35
Panel 3
1853
- WEST Hannah 80
- GILES Mary Ann 1
- FAGAN John 58
1854
- BARFITS Lucy Mary 3 months
- UERN Eliza 11
- WORDEN George 58
- SANDFORD John Henry 1
- SQUARE William 5 months
- BRIGHT Elizabeth Sarah 7
- PANTER Charles 2
- MULLER 4 months
- McDONALD Angas 50
- WEST William 80
- GATER Alfred weeks
- ALLEN Elizabeth 4
- MALYON Selina 21 months
- GRANT James Fawcett
- ROBERTS
- HEALD Lucy Mary 5
1854
- HENRY George 8 weeks
- NOTT Fanny 8 weeks
- NOTT Arthur Richard 2
- GAMEAU Alice 11 months
- HOLMES John 85
- LYNHAM Michael Aged
- SQUARE Grace 33
- LAWES Samuel William 7 weeks
- ELPHINSTONE Susan 34
- ADCOCK Orlando 8 months
- HERRING George
1855
- FERGUSSON Margaret 5 months
- HILL William Alfred 3
- LAWES William Ingram 19
- RUMLEY Charles 58
- STUTELY George Shill 9 weeks
- THOMAS Barnard Harris 4 weeks
- PANTER William 11 weeks
- RAGLEF William George 2
- HARRIS Matthew Harrison Fortitude 5 months
- GWYNNE
- CAUSBY George Charles 4 months
- BOYTON Samuel 29
- ROBINSON Ann 1
- TRIMMING Susannah 58
- GREEN Robert 1¼
- BAYNTON Frederick 29
- CROWDEN Hannah 61
- BUSH Hannah 72
- DREW (alias RAY) Peter 82
- WASHINGTON George 21
- DANIEL William Silas 3 weeks
- STAFF David Victor 41
- THOMPSON Esther 45
- STRUHAUGH Albarny Heather 25
- GAGE Susan 7
- ADDIS Anne 10months
- MALYON Stephen 1
1856
- WESTLAND Sarah 1
- JOHNSTON Mary Ann 1
Panel 4
1856
- LAWES Samuel 30
- GRAVESTOCKS John
- BAYNTON Mary 28
- GARDINER Lydia 3 months
- SAINT Mary Ann 11 months
- PARNELL Margaret 16 months
- PETERSEN Phillipa 37
- KORFF Heinrich 8
- MAHONEY Gerald 14 days
- CARLYON Frederick 35
- BARNFIELD Mary 31
- MILLINGTON George 42
- KARG Frederick William
- MALYON Thomas 9 days
1857
- SIMPSON Mary Ann Martha 15 months
- CAUSBY Frederick George 9 months
- WESLEY
- HARDS Jane 22
- COCKING Francis 27
- HOBART Charles 1 week
- HARDS Elizabeth 20
- MORTIMER John Augustus 10
- LEE Lucy 32
- FOTHERINGHAM David 38
- SMITH Cornelius 5 days
- CRISP Clement 53
- MORRIS John
1858
- SYMES Oliver James 3 months
- MAHONEY David
- BUSBRIDGE Jane
- WOODS Frederick
- RIDLEY
- OSBORN John
- SELL David
- HARRIS Richard 45
- HOSKIN Elizabeth Dundas Months
- LAYCOCK Elizabeth Ann 8 months
- CURTIS Charles 27
- CHARMAN Jane 1 day
- FAGG Maria 2
- WEBSTER Mary Ann 50
- HOTTLE Mary 61
- POPE William 5
- SHUTTER Stephen 40
- MUSTER Florence 2
- VEAL James 6 weeks
- GRACE Angeline Forbes 9 months
- GARNET Mary 23
- JONES Charles 5years 8months
- BOWDEN Joseph 18
- GATTLEY few days
- BURROWS William 32
- CHERRY Amy Elizabeth 1 week
1859
- BASSETT William 59
- SHUTTER Stephen 10 weeks
- BARNETT Marion 9 weeks
- LEABROOK Lydia Susannah 18 months
- JONES Joseph 5 weeks
- TOFT George Henry 9 months
- BURTON Arthur James 23 days
Panel 5
1859
- REID Samuel 33 years
- MARTIN Theresa Roscrew 19 months
- CHEEK Rupert Osmond 2 days
- TRELOAR Elizabeth Mary 1year 8mths
- HARRIS Emily 6 months
- FERGUSSON Sarah Jane 3 months
- ADAMS George 10 days
- LOVERIDGE Alexander Shillingford 3½
- SMITH Elizabeth 2
- CHAPMAN Mary June 8 days
- MacPHARLIN John 44
- COPELAND Elizabeth Sarah 3 months
- MACKERETH Ellen 6 months
- RICHARDS William Thomas 3
- McNEIL George 44
- TAPE Fanny Ann 2
- KNIGHT Edward Cooper Infant
- McLISA Jean 22
- LEMMICK Theresa Infant
- MILSON Olive Mary 11 months
1860
- CHALLEN Henry 43
- LEWIS Roland
- WESLEY Charles Thomas 3 months
- FOTHERINGHAM Alexander 59
- PEARSON Agnes Emma 5 days
- GREEN Mary Jane 13 months
- TEMPLER William 50
- GREEN George Joseph 3
- CAUSBY James Barber 1 month
- JONES Susannah 6 weeks
- RIDOUT Mary 3 years 5 months
- HOOPER Elizabeth 23
- IRELAND George 48
- HISSEY Alfred 2years 3months
- WELDON George 51
- TURNER Richard Thomas 1year 1month
- RUDALL Norman Cullen 4years 9months
- SQUARE Betsy 1year 3months
- McSKIMMING James 43
- McNULTY Martha 1year 3 months
- BALDOCK Charles Bee 10 months
- HANKS Sarah Ann 2years 11months
- HENRY George Arthur 18 days
- HOOPER Thomas James 5 months
- SMITH Thomas 10
- AULD John 66
- POPHAM Esther 33
- DAWSON H 12
- BALDOCK John 39
- GILES James (twin) 1 month
- AITCHESON James 45
- JOB Rebecca 11 months
- BOONE Sarah 35
- WHITE George 19 days
1861
- GATHERCOLE Lewis Cash 14 days
- LODGE Annie Emma 11 months
- SHORT Eveline Alice 2
- JONES Thomas Oliver 3years 9months
- BURNS Daniel 1year 3months
- WARREN John Campbell 5 months
Panel 6
1861
- FERGUSSON (F. Rennikers - child)
- SHORT
- HAMMOND William Walter
- FISHER George Charles 3 months
- BARBER Samuel 42
- PILE George 48
- MARTIN Felix 48
- PATERNOSTER John 40
- LANGTON Matilda Bosworth 45
- DAVIS Years
- CLARKE George 41
- PRICE Edward Cromwell Ward 2 months
- GRAHAM John 41
- HUNT Hannah 3½
- HUNT Sarah 4years 11months
- SPIERS Sarah 1year 1month
- BRIGHT Jane Elizabeth 20
- HUNT Henry William Thomas 1year 9months
- DEVINE Selina Jane 2
1862
- MILNE Mary Jane 9 years 6months
- NAIRNE Charles James 7
- HARRIS Henry Edward 1 year 4 months
- WARD William 63
- GILL George 11 months
- CURZENER Margaret
- WARREN 5 months
- MARTIN Mrs Emma Edithea 28
1863
- JAMES Alfred Videl
- REID
- GOME
- JAFFERS
- GOZZARD George
- DELL Elizabeth Andrews
- LEMMICK Otto
- BRIGHT Mary Ann
- WEBB George Arthur 3
- St GEORGE William 40
- GREAVES Alice 2
- WACHSMUTH Anna Minna 3
- CAUSBY Mary Jane
- SMITH Sophia
- MILNE Elizabeth 5years 9months
- EDWARDS
- PILGRIM Mary Ann 3years 3months
- LOVERIDGE Esther Maria 7
- SHORT
- CRACKLE Samuel 41
1864
- SPLAM
- BURGESS Mary 3
- CHARLES Child
- PILGRIM Frederick John 5yrs 8mths
- TAYLOR James
- GREAVES Alice 2 weeks
- OWEN Agnes 3
- CAUSBY Frederick Alexander 1
- FOX Child
- BASSETT Mrs Elizabeth 58
- HOLMES Eli 43
1865
- GOME Annie Simmons Smith 28
- GOME Emily Julia 7 weeks
Panel 7
1865
- LAWES Elizabeth 82
- CARSON Matilda 8 days
- FISHER Henry 25
1866
- CAUSBY Elizabeth Mary 16 years 8 months
- TAYLOR Elizabeth 16
- SHAW Robert John 2 weeks
- CHERRY Edward Spower 9 months
- SNOOKS George William 1year 11months
- KRUDOP Edith Annie Louisa 5
1867
- GILES Charles 9
- BRIGHT June 2years 8months
- BRIGHT Wilfred Garrood weeks
- BRIGHT Edward Henry 1
- GILL David 38
- TULLY Ernest Dennis 11years 9months
1868
- FISHER Mary Matilda 9 months
- HAMMOND Florence 4 months
- SANDERSON William 1year 10months
- CLAYER Mary 59
1869
- LAWES Peter Saunders 59
- LOVERIDGE William 60
- BALL Anna Maria 79
- SMITH Mrs George 43
- CAUSBY Mrs Thomas 42
1870
- SUTTON George 16
Other Denominations
1838
- KING Emily Louisa 6 weeks
1846
- KING Martha 3 weeks
- NAUGHTON Isabella 25
1849
- BRIGHT William 9 months
- WILSON William James (son of Sarah) 9 months
1851
- McEWEN Hellena 9 months
1853
- McEWEN William 8 years
1854
- RIDDLE Robert 48
1855
- ADDIS Anne 10 months
- CHERRY Amy Elizabeth 9 days
- LAWES Alfred Burdett 3 months
1856
- JURY Susan Adams 22
1857
- FOTHERINGHAM John (son of David) 9 months
- WARD George T 1 year 8months
1858
- SHUTTER Stephen 10
- FORBES Angeline 9 months
1859
- GLEN George James 5 months
- THOMAS Elizabeth Johnson 29
- GILBERT Eliza Jane 1year 5months
- GILBERT James David 29
1860
- ALPHONS Engelbrecht 6
- GREY John Robert 5 years
- PATERSON James 47
- GLEN Isabella Anne 12 months
1861
- FORGIE Thomas 11 months
- FLANAGAN Patrick 32
1862
- McEWEN Mary Ann 18
- RUSSELL James 24
1863
- COOMBE Elizabeth Ann 6 months
1864
- COOMBE Mary 28
- WEBB Frederick 1year 4months
- WEBB Elizabeth Ann 19
- MICHAEL JAmes Russell 1year 8months
Panel 8
1864
- PILE James 34
- GLEN Isabella 32
1865
- FERGUSSON William 8 weeks
- McAUSLIN David 59
- St GEORGE William 37
- PHILLIPS Sarah 56
1866
- TEMPLER William 50
- PARKES Thomas 20
- FOTHERINGHAM James 49
1867
- PILE George 48
1868
- LANGTON Langton 24
- DOHOLAN Sarah 75
- means Catholic
1850
- KELLY Mary *
- McINERNEY Bridget *
- GILLIDGE Anne *
- McEWAN William *
- THORNTON *
- BEDDLE Robert *
- FLEMERY John *
1855
- EVANS George 34
- MORRAY Edward 8 days
1858
- KELLY Thomas 32
- LEE Mary 4 months
- SLATTERY Mary 9 months
- STRAIN Mary *
- SEILB Margaret *
- KELLY Bridget *
- WALSH Patrick *
- KELLY Thomas 32
1859
- DELANY Mary Anne 42
- GAZER James 72
- TULLY Mary 2 months
- FARRELL Peter 24
1860
- Thomas 5 months
- SULLIVAN John 6 months
- DEVINE Hondra 6 days
- O'HALLORAN Mary Anne 3 months
- BAMSKIL Mary Alice 3 months
- BRADY Michael *
- CARY John 28
- McINTYRE John *
- CASSIDY Thomas *
- HOGAN Alice Child
1867
- McTAGGART Catherine 37
- LONDRIGAN Margaret Infant
- GREEN John 13
- BANNON Patrick 20
1868
- HAYLES Johanna *
- McGONE James 75
- BLAKE Bridget Teresa 30
- CAIN Bridget 37
DELANY Margaret 73
1869
- CARTY Mary Jane 20
Concordia Pioneer Cemetery, South Australia - Memorials
von Boeckmann
- Friederike Marrianne Auguste
- nee Helmke and her infant
- Born Doberan 27 3 1829
- Arrived in South Australia 1849
- Married 1851 Emilienthal Lyndoch Valley
- Dr. Meucke Officiated
- Died in childbirth 6 9 1868 Aged 39 years
- Husband Ferdinand Otto Bernhard 1824-1900
- Burried Willaston
- Loved parents of Paul, Emma, Ferdinand, Marie, Albert, Wilhelm
- In memory of our ancestors 1986
Ref: Memorial Plaque
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