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Details of Person



Person ID:PN14425
Last Name:JACKSON
Given Names:William
Death Date:21 May 1831
Age:21
Buried with, or mentioned on headstone:With Elizabeth Edwards
Note 1:The name of Elizabeth Edwards, who died 22 Jun 1829, appears above that of Jackson, on the same headstone. Perhaps Edwards was also an aborigine and was buried in same grave for that reason.
Note 2:Newspaper report described him as a "native youth".
Cause/details of death:"rode over and killed returning from the races" (Headstone)
NSW Births Deaths Marriages Ref. (death unless indicated):1430/1831 V18311430 15
Prime Source:J and S Reinter Reg
Johnson and Sainty page:Page 227
Other source(s):Aust. Cem. Index
Where reinterred:Bunnerong.
J and S Bunnerong transcript number:738
J and S People on Bunnerong transcript:PN13963 PN14425
Foster Epitaph Page image:fe1-079
Foster Epitaph number:234
Foster Photo number:fp3-093
External Link:https://www.austcemindex.com/inscription?id=15556216#images
External Link:http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12843086



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