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CURRENT FAMILY HAPPENINGS

BEREAVEMENTS Raymond William 'Ray' McINNES – at Broken Hill hospital on May 23rd, aged 67 years. Son of John and Ruby, and a gt.grandson of Henry & Margaret GEYER. Along with his partner Bubby, he leaves three children and ten grandchildren. Katherine Merriam ROGERS, (Aunt Kate) – at St.Anne's Nursing home, Broken Hill on June 14. Originally a BOLAND, Kate was the widow of Edward John ROGERS (known as Eddie. Eddie, who passed away in 1987 was a grandson of William T. and Elizabeth ROGERS. Kate leaves a large extended family, including 23 gt.grandchildren.

ACTIVITIES Top: Mary writes: When we started researching the GEYER/ROGERS families, I contacted Joan HILL nee GEYER in Adelaide. She is the daughter of Archie GEYER who was born at Old Tintinallogy. She came to Broken Hill early in May and I took her to Menindee and Old Tintinallogy site where her father was born. Huey and Una McINNES of Menindee accompanied us on the trip. Huey is the son of Edie GEYER and Archie McINNES. We had a great day and Joan was happy she had made the trip. The picture shows Huey (left) and Una (seated) looking at family photos and documents with Joan. Middle: In April I visited Tim BORTHWICK

and Jean STEPHENSON (grandchildren of Henry &Margaret GEYER) in Tokoroa. The picture shows Tim's wife Nola, Tim, and Jean looking at a book of Bible readings their mother Lily had brought to New Zealand in 1911. This was held by their late sister Pat until her recently. It contains family records, keepsakes and a huge collection of clippings. Bottom: Avis Le MAY recently celebrated her 80th birthday. Avis is an EVERUSS descendent. (see the Johanna EVERUSS (nee GEYER) bio in newsletter 2). Pictured is Avis with her brother Fred BAUM, daughter Annette, and sister Dianne De BONO.

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Those known to be buried at Old Tintinallogy are: • UNKNOWN (c.1852). Killed by Aborigine(s). Max Ham tells us the skeleton was found buried near the old stockyards in the 1920s and re-buried in the sandhill cemetery. It apparently showed signs of a spear wound. Bobbie Hardy in West of the Darling (p68-69) writes about the deaths of Edmund Morey's shepherds Joseph SMITH & 'Long Bill'. The body may be one of these - so there may be a further grave. • Robert ROGERS (1871-1871). Buried May 24, 1871. Infant son of Selena GULLIDGE (birth certificate lists him as Robert GULLIDGE). Aged 11 days. No minister was present. William ROGERS was the undertaker, and he witnessed the burial along with Samuel MEREDITH. (NSW Death 1871/4345) • William Thompson ROGERS (c.1828-1876). Buried Sep 13, 1876. Aged 48 years. No minister was present. Sam MEREDITH was the undertaker, with Alexander ROGERS and Allen CAMERON witnesses to the burial. (NSW Death 1877/6553) • Elizabeth Irvin ROGERS, nee WHITE (c.1830-1880) Buried Jan 9, 1880. No minister was present. Samuel MEREDITH was the undertaker, with W.J. FOULD J.P. and A. ROGERS (probably her son Alexander who registered the death) witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1880/7998) • Hilda GEYER (1883-1886) Daughter of Henry and Margaret GEYER who drowned Dec 24, 1886, aged 3yrs 7 months. Buried Dec 29, 1886. No minister was present. William ROGERS was the undertaker, with John ROGERS and Joseph ZINNER witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1886/14290) • John GEYER (1897-1897) Buried Sep 9, 1897. Infant son of Henry and Margaret GEYER. Aged 19 days. No minister was present. Alexander ROGERS was the undertaker, with John D. BEGG and Elizabeth M. CHISHOLM witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1897/8806) • Samuel AGNEW (c.1831-1899) Died Feb 9, 1899. Thomas Galloway's diary records that "Sam Agnew worked on Terywynia for years and in 1898, he was living on very bad well water. He became ill and came into Old Tintinollogy and died." The death certificate gave as cause of death "probable heart disease, and general debility" with the illness lasting "10 years". Local J.P. Nicholas Sadleir (the manager of Albemarle station) determined no magisterial inquiry was necessary. Buried Feb 11, 1899. No minister was present. Alexander ROGERS was the undertaker, with F.C. McMillan and W. GEYER witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1899/2283) • William Lindsay ROGERS (1902-1902) Infant son of Alexander and Isabella ROGERS, aged 6

weeks and 4 days. Buried Aug 24, 1902. No minister was present. Henry GEYER was the undertaker, with Samuel KLEMM and Francis KLEMM witnessing the burial. The place of birth and place of death are given as Woodstock, a name applied to the wider selection on which Old Tintinallogy lies. (NSW Death 9979/1902) • Henry Frederick Christian GEYER (1851-1905) Buried Jun 11, 1905. Aged 54 years. Service read by Charles ARCHER. George DAVIS was the undertaker, with S. McARTHY and G.FULLERTON witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1905/5722) • Margaret GEYER, nee ROGERS (1859-1907) Buried Nov 24, 1907. Aged 48 years. Service read by J. Freeman. George PETERSEN (possibly the blacksmith resident at Old Tintinallogy) was the undertaker, with William WATT and W.T. ROGERS (probably her son William Thompson Jnr) witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1907/14479) • William McINNES (1908-1908) Infant son of Alexander and Edith McINNES, died of influenza aged 9 days. Buried Aug 1, 1908. No minister was present. H. KIRCHMAN was the undertaker, with John RYAN and Hilda GEYER witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1908/10229) • Mary McINNES (1910-1910) Infant daughter of Alexander and Edith McINNES, died aged 1 month. Buried Dec 2, 1910. No minister was present. William GEYER was the undertaker, with Hilda GEYER and John CARROLL witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1910/14228) • John McINNES (1912-1912) Infant son of Alexander and Edith McINNES, died aged 7 days. Buried Apr 18, 1912. No minister was present. William GEYER was the undertaker, with Hilda GEYER and Alex McINNES witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1912/6661) • Maisie UNDERWOOD (1919-1919) Infant daughter of Percival and Hilda UNDERWOOD, died of whooping cough aged 2 months. Buried Dec 7, 1919. No minister was present. Alex McINNES was the undertaker, with Edith McINNES and Florence McINNES witnessing the burial. (NSW Death 1919/24305)

Two further burials are known to have occurred nearby. A Mrs Murdoch is buried upstream of the site of the market garden. Once surrounded by a high picket fence, little sign now remains of the grave. No death details have yet been matched to Mrs Murdoch. Downstream at Deadman's point, on what was then Henley station, Thomas Young is believed to have committed suicide by strychnine poisoning on Nov 21, 1920. He was buried at the site the next day.