BATESFORD Cemetery, Victoria

There are NO headstones in this cemetery and below is a list of known burials which occurred between 1860 and 1883, sadly most are for children.

Mark Batty is leading a campaign to locate the exact location of the graves and do some restoration work.

So if you know of any other burials or connect to any of the people listed below Mark would be delighted to hear from you

Mark Batty

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  ALLAN William
     
Birth Date:
   abt 1859
Birth Place:
   Viaduct
Date of Death:
   2 February 1864
Age:
   4 years 6 months
Place of Death:
   Viaduct
Cause of Death:
   Accidental drowning in a waterhole
Place of Burial:
   Cemetery Moorabool Viaduct
Father:
   John ALLEN
Mother:
   Charlotte HUNT
     
Notes:
   Inquest Ref No. 48
   
    ANDERSON Jane
     
Birth Date:
   abt 1834 
Birth Place:
   Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of Death:
   23 July 1874
Age:
   40 years
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
   Puerperal Peritonitis 
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   Unknown ROBERTS
Mother:
   Unknown
Spouse:
   Charles Henry ANDERSON
     
Notes:
  

Inquest Ref No. 226
Son Henry Charles Anderson born 1874 aged 8 days when his mother died
     
    DARDEL Alice Elizabeth
     
Birth Date:
   1864 
Birth Place:
   Batesford
Date of Death:
   23 July 1864
Age:
   2 weeks
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford, Cemetery
Father:
   James Henry DARDEL 
Mother:
   Mary BURROWS
     
Notes:
   Half sister to Emile Albert Dardel
     
    DARDEL Emile Albert
     
Birth Date:
   1876 
Birth Place:
   Batesford 
Date of Death:
   14 May 1876 
Age:
   18 weeks 
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   James Henry Dardel 
Mother:
   Marguerite Dorothea Weitnauer  
     
Notes:
   Half brother to Alice Elizabeth Dardel 
     
    DAWSON Unnamed Male
     
Birth Date:
   1863
Birth Place:
   Batesford 
Date of Death:
   20 July 1863
Age:
   20 hours
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   Francis William DAWSON  
Mother:
   Louis Stuart CORRY
     
    DESSAULES Alfred
     
Birth Date:
   abt 1855 
Birth Place:
   Neuchatel, Switzerland
Date of Death:
   26 February 1882
Age:
   27 years
Place of Death:
   Batesford 
Cause of Death:
   Accidentally drowned when bathing
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery 
Father:
   Unknown
Mother:
   Unknown
     
Notes:
  

Inquest Ref No. 246

     
    HIND Mary Georgina
     
Birth Date:
   1860 
Birth Place:
   Geelong 
Date of Death:
   11 May 1862 
Age:
   21 months 
Place of Death:
   Batesford 
Cause of Death:
   Scarlet Fever 
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery 
Father:
   John HIND 
Mother:
   Honora MURPHY 
     
    KENDALL Unnamed female
     
Birth Date:
   1865 
Birth Place:
   Batesford 
Date of Death:
   18 December 1865 
Age:
   1 day
Place of Death:
   Batesford 
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery 
Father:
   James KENDALL
Mother:
   Eliza HOLLIS
     
    KENNEDY Elizabeth
     
Birth Date:
   27 January 1876 
Birth Place:
   Moorabool Viaduct 
Date of Death:
   27 January 1876 
Age:
   15 minutes 
Place of Death:
   27 January 1876 
Cause of Death:
   Premature Birth 
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery 
Father:
   James KENNEDY 
Mother:
   Elizabeth HELMS
     
    KNEEBONE John
     
Birth Date:
   1860 
Birth Place:
   Viaduct 
Date of Death:
   5 March 1860 
Age:
   3 Days 
Place of Death:
   Viaduct 
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery 
Father:
   John KNEEBONE
Mother:
   Mary Ann CHAPPLE
     
    KNOX Mary
     
Birth Date:
   1877 
Birth Place:
   Batesford 
Date of Death:
   30 April 1877
Age:
   20 minutes
Place of Death:
   Batesford 
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   Samuel KNOX
Mother:
   Clara SMITH
     
Notes:
   Twin to Sarah Jane
     
    KNOX Sarah Jane
     
Birth Date:
   1877
Birth Place:
   Batesford
Date of Death:
   29 May 1877 
Age:
   1 month
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   Samuel KNOX
Mother:
   Clara SMITH
     
Notes:
   Twin to Mary
     
    MALCOLM Alexander
     
Birth Date:
   1864 
Birth Place:
    Batesford
Date of Death:
   6 June 1865
Age:
   9 months 
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   William MALCOLM
Mother:
   Ann BLACK
     
Notes:
   Brother of Elizabeth Alice
     
    MALCOLM Elizabeth Alice
     
Birth Date:
   1866
Birth Place:
   Batesford 
Date of Death:
    
Age:
   16 months
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   William MALCOLM
Mother:
   Ann BLACK
     
Notes:
   Sister of Alexander 
     
    McDONNELL Eliza
     
Birth Date:
   1872 
Birth Place:
   Ashby, Geelong 
Date of Death:
   14 June 1872 
Age:
   21 Days 
Place of Death:
   Geelong 
Cause of Death:
   Insufficient Nourishment from poverty from birth, Diarrhoea 
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery 
Father:
   Unknown 
Mother:
   Margaret Mary McDONNELL
     
    PETTITT Marion
     
Birth Date:
   16 October 1867 
Birth Place:
   Batesford 
Date of Death:
   16 October 1867
Age:
   1 hour
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Parents:
   Peter PETTITT
Spouse:
   Marion WOOD
     
    RIBAUX Sarah
     
Birth Date:
   abt 1825 
Birth Place:
   London, England
Date of Death:
   5 August 1883
Age:
   58
Place of Death:
   Batesford 
Cause of Death:
   Cirrhosis of the Liver
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   William EBBELS
Mother:
   Sarah BAKER
Spouses:
   1. George DOUGLAS 
    2. Aime RIBAUX
     
Notes:
   Children: George William DOUGLAS, Thomas DOUGLAS, Aime RIBAUX
     
    RYNIKER Mary Ellen
     
Birth Date:
   1861
Birth Place:
   Viaduct
Date of Death:
   9 August 1863
Age:
   2 years 
Place of Death:
   Batesford
Cause of Death:
    
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery
Father:
   Rodolph RYNIKER
Mother:
  Ellen KELNON
     
Notes:
   Mothers maiden name has a number of variations: Cullinane at marriage and on births of other children: Coleman, Kelinon and Kelmon
     
    SUMNER Thomas
     
Birth Date:
   1856 
Birth Place:
   Melbourne
Date of Death:
   25 September 1866
Age:
   10
Place of Death:
   Moorabool River, Viaduct
Cause of Death:
   Accidental Drowning
Place of Burial:
   Batesford Cemetery 
Father:
   Robert SUMNER
Mother:
   Isabella FAUSET
     
Notes:
   Inquest Ref no. 570
     
    SUTCLIFFE Margaret
     
Birth Date:
    abt 1830
Birth Place:
   Cork, Ireland
Date of Death:
   17 January 1860
Age:
   30
Place of Death:
   Viaduct
Cause of Death:
   Abscess in Abdomen
Date of Burial:
   19 January 1860
Place of Burial:
   Batesford
Father:
   unknown Freeman
Mother:
   Unknown
Spouse:
   John SUTCLIFFE