THE CEMETERY AT BEVENDALE, NEW SOUTH WALES. The cemetery is at the Anglican Church of St Thomas, Bevendale. Lat 34.32.08S Long 149.07.07E The numbers refer those in the cemetery diagram. 1 Kate Hookway died 6.8.1906 aged 28, sister of three brothers W G, S E, and F A Hookway 2 William Hookway died 15.5.1911 aged 75, monument erected by his son Jack Hookway 3 Maria Brown died 28.12.1927 aged 78y 7m and her husband John Charles Brown died 15.5.1914 aged 71y 2m monument erected by their sons D A Brown and S Brown of Bevendale 4 John Beven accidentally killed 29.1.1917 aged 77 His first wife was Mary Ann Selmes, died 28.1.1872, buried at Rye Park. His second wife was Eliza Noakes - see g below. 5 John Beven died 23.10.1876 aged 75, and his son Thomas Beven died 3.9.1874 aged 32 6 Matthew Beven born 8.6.1861 died 24.10.1871 aged 10 7 Doris Wales died 1913 aged 1 month Michael Wales died 1917 aged 8 George Wales died 1927 aged 10, all brothers of Joyce Wales 8 Robert Leslie Smith died 8.6.1921 aged 4y 4m 9 Edna Joyce Smith born 1.7.1925 died 2.9.1926 aged 14m 10 Matthew Smith died 28.8.1925 aged 60 11 [wooden cross] 12 Ellen Gwynn died 17.6.1906 aged 70, mother of James Edward Norris of Milton Grove 13 Richard Walford Gwynn died 11.6.1897 aged 64 14 Annie Margaretta Norris died 5.10.1971 aged 86 15 Wilfred James Norris born 17.7.1887 died 28.12.1889 aged 2 16 Stanley Buckingham Norris born 2.10.1882 died 16.2.1884 aged 1 17 Marion Lucy Norris died 28.1.1899 aged 41 18 Clarie Noakes died 1996 aged 59 19 Eric Leslie Noakes born 23.3.1914 died 1.9.1995 aged 81 20 Max Noakes died 1992 aged 56 21 John Charles Gregory Noakes died 27.12.1983 aged 78 22 Mona Edna Noakes died 9.11.1979 aged 64 23 Ronald Charles Noakes accidentally killed at Mayfield 8.1.1938 aged 3 1/2 24 James Noakes died 23.3.1948 aged 86 25 Emma Noakes died 16.7.1955 aged 86y 6m 26 Donald C Medway died 4.7.1932 aged 42 27 George Francis Selmes died 10.4.1875 aged 35 28 Alice Maud Newburn, née Norris, 1895 - 1979 aged 84 29 Bill Whittington died 1993 aged 69 30 William H Whittington died 31.12.1959 aged 70 31 Evelyn May Whittington died 4.1.1976 aged 86 32 [iron railings - no memorials] 33 Ernest Hector Apps born 28.2.1918 died 11.8.1985 aged 67, and Doris Agnes Apps born 3.5.1916 died 9.11.1985 aged 69 34 John Craig born September 1812 died 23.1.1899 aged 86, native of Queen's County, Ireland 35 [no memorial] 36 Horace Mark Dowling born 19.9.1917 died 14.6.1993 aged 75 37 Loral John Dowling died 22.3.1967 aged 82 38 Winifred Agnes Dowling born 11.12.1891 died 1.2.1973 aged 81 native of Essex, England 39 Colin Reginald Dowling accidentally killed 11.12.1973 aged 21 40 Thomas George died 18.3.1907 aged 41 41 George George of Jerrara died 23.9.1918 aged 84, and his wife Harriet George died 6.5.1911 aged 72 42 Harriett George died 16.5.1876 aged 61 Other known burials in this cemetery are a Rachel Beven died 1875 b Rebecca Beven died 1879 c James Beven died 1880 d Julia Beven died 1888 e Ann Beven died 1889 f James Beven died 1904 h Charles Wright died January 1887 of scarlet fever, aged 6; i Alexander Wright died January 1887 of scarlet fever, aged 9, both sons of Henry and Martha Wright (née Bauldry). ---------------- Graeme Challinor May 1998 ----------------