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Documents

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Braidwood General Cemetery Burial Plot List Page 3
Braidwood General Cemetery Burial Plot List Page 3
A List of burial plot's located at Braidwood General Cemetery 
  6 Jun 2026
NSW Probate Duty Index Card - Bernard McGrath - 1939
NSW Probate Duty Index Card - Bernard McGrath - 1939
Name: McGrath, Bernard
Address: Warrambucca, via Braidwood
Date of Death: 3 March 1939
Date of Grant: 16 October 1939
Administrator: appears to read "Grayson" (or a similar surname; the handwriting isn't perfectly clear)
Estate Value: £899
File Number: A 8941

The Date of Grant (16 October 1939) is the date the Supreme Court formally granted authority to Annie McGrath to administer Bernard's estate.

Since the card says "Administrator" rather than "Executor", it usually means one of… 
  5 Jun 2026
Braidwood General Cemetery Burial Plot List Page 1
Braidwood General Cemetery Burial Plot List Page 1
A List of burial plot's located at Braidwood General Cemetery 
  5 Jun 2026
Braidwood General Cemetery Burial Plot List Page 2
Braidwood General Cemetery Burial Plot List Page 2
A List of burial plot's located at Braidwood General Cemetery 
  5 Jun 2026
Death Certificate - Joseph McGrath, 1877
Death Certificate - Joseph McGrath, 1877
Transcription / Summary:
Date and place of death: 21st March, 1877, Colombo, St.Vincents, New South Wales, Australia
Name and occupation: Joseph McGrath
Sex and age: male, 3 years
Cause of Death: Scarlet fever, 3 days
Name and occupation of Father, name and maiden surname of mother): Owen McGrath, Farmer, Ellen McGrath
Informant: Owen McGrath, father, Colombo
Particulars of registration: W. J Robertson, 22nd March 1877, Braidwood
When and where buried; name of undertaker
(1) 23rd… 
  5 Jun 2026
Baptism Record - Edward McGrath, 01 Jan 1855
Baptism Record - Edward McGrath, 01 Jan 1855
Record Type: Baptism
Event Date: 01 Jan 1855
Repository: Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI
Access Method: Available online at https://registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls000632798_015
Reference Number: Microfilm 05569 / 08 | Page 15
Carn; County of Donegal, Fermanagh; Diocese of Clogher. Baptisms, Jan. 1854 to Dec. 1855

Transcription / Summary:
January 1st Edward of Owen McGrath and Ellen Do (Do commonly meant "Ditto")
SS Owen Hilly and Rose McGrath 
  27 May 2026
Death Certificate - Edward McGrath - 1938
Death Certificate - Edward McGrath - 1938
Record Type: Death
Date of Document: 1938
Event Date: 8 April 1938
Repository: Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Access Method: Ordered copy via QLD BDM Historical Index, May 2026
Physical Copy Held: No - digital copy only
Reference Number: 1938/C/2007

Digital Copy: MCGRATH_Edward_1938_Death_Certificate

Transcription / Summary:
When & Where Died: 8th April, 1938
General Hospital,… 
  26 May 2026
Owen & Ellen McGrath in the New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900
Owen & Ellen McGrath in the New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900
The Immigration Deposit Journal for Owen & Ellen McGrath with the children that they immigrated to Australia with in 1861.

Place of Origin: Templecarn
Sponsor Name: John Aldcorn
Deposit Date: 6 Jun. 1860 
  17 May 2026
Baptism Record - Jeremiah 'Darby' McGrath, 1857
Baptism Record - Jeremiah "Darby" McGrath, 1857
It is the second listing from the top on the right page.

Transcription:
13th (of Feb, 1857) Darby of John McGrath + Ellen McGrath
Witnessed by: Owen Hilly + Rose McGrath

Original document can be viewed at https://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000632798#page/23/mode/1up 
  17 May 2026
Nile Passenger Manifest - Owen McGrath, Ellen and children.
Nile Passenger Manifest - Owen McGrath, Ellen and children.
Passenger Manifest showing the names and ages of the McGrath family when the emigrated from Ireland to Australia:

McGrath, Owen - Age 29 - Calling: Farm Labourer - Native Place and County: *undecipherable* Donegal - Religion: RC (Roman Catholic) - Read or Write: Read - Remarks: RR £4

McGrath, Ellen - Age 27 - Calling: Wife - Native Place and County: Clashan (correct spelling is Clacharn), Tyrone - Religion: RC (Roman Catholic) - Read or Write: Read - Remarks: RR £4

McGrath, John -… 
  11 May 2026

Headstones

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Headstone - Allan Alexander Cameron - 1964
Headstone - Allan Alexander Cameron - 1964
Transcription:
In loving memory of our dear father Allan A. (Tom) Cameron
Died 4th Oct 1964
Aged 67 years 
Leeton Cemetery
Pres 1, N, 30 
Located    7 Jun 2026
Headstone - Reuben (William) Cameron - 1957
Headstone - Reuben (William) Cameron - 1957
Transcription:
In loving memory of our dear father Reuben Cameron
Died April 27th 1957
Aged 69 years 
Leeton Cemetery
Pres 1, P, 21 
Located    6 Jun 2026
Headstone - Reuben (William) Cameron - 1957
Headstone - Reuben (William) Cameron - 1957
Transcription:
In loving memory of our dear father Reuben Cameron
Died April 27th 1957
Aged 69 years 
Leeton Cemetery
Pres 1, P, 21 
Located    6 Jun 2026
Military Memorial – Hiliary Owen Cameron
Military Memorial – Hiliary Owen Cameron
Title: Military Memorial – Hiliary Owen Cameron
Date of Record: 2008
Event Type: Memorial
Cemetery: Norwood Park Crematorium
Grave Reference: EX Service Wall, LHS-Wing, Row 3
Photographer: CAMCF (Find a Grave Contributor 50866330)
Image Source: Find a Grave Memorial ID 239607473
Format: Digital photograph (JPEG)

Repository: Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com)
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239607473/hiliary-owen-cameron

Source Citation (TNG format):
Find a Grave,… 
Norwood Park Crematorium
EX Service Wall, LHS-Wing, Row 3 
Located    6 Jun 2026
Headstone - Patrick McGrath - 1937
Headstone - Patrick McGrath - 1937
Headstone of Patrick McGrath, who died in 1937, and his brother Bernard, who died in 1939. The headstone reads:

In loving memory of Bernard McGrath, died 3rd March 1939 Aged 62 years
Patrick McGrath died 9th Nov 1937 Aged 72 years 
Braidwood General Cemetery Located    6 Jun 2026
Headstone - Bernard McGrath - 1939 & Headstone - Patrick McGrath - 1937
Headstone - Bernard McGrath - 1939 & Headstone - Patrick McGrath - 1937
Headstone of Bernard McGrath, who died in 1939, and his brother Patrick McGrath who died in 1937. The headstone reads:

In loving memory of Bernard McGrath, died 3rd March 1939 Aged 62 years
Patrick McGrath died 9th Nov 1937 Aged 72 years 
Braidwood General Cemetery     6 Jun 2026
Headstone - Bernard McGrath - 1939 & Headstone - Patrick McGrath - 1937
Headstone - Bernard McGrath - 1939 & Headstone - Patrick McGrath - 1937
Headstone of Bernard McGrath, who died in 1939, and his brother Patrick McGrath, who died in 1937. The headstone reads:

In loving memory of Bernard McGrath, died 3rd March 1939 Aged 62 years
Patrick McGrath died 9th Nov 1937 Aged 72 years 
Braidwood General Cemetery     6 Jun 2026
Headstone - Bernard McGrath - 1939
Headstone - Bernard McGrath - 1939
Headstone of Bernard McGrath, who died in 1939, and his brother Patrick, who died in 1937. The headstone reads:

In loving memory of Bernard McGrath, died 3rd March 1939 Aged 62 years
Patrick McGrath died 9th Nov 1937 Aged 72 years 
Braidwood General Cemetery
Catholic Section 
Located    6 Jun 2026
Family Headstone – Hiliary Owen Cameron, Roma Valerie Eldridge and their son Malcolm John Cameron - Family Plot
Family Headstone – Hiliary Owen Cameron, Roma Valerie Eldridge and their son Malcolm John Cameron - Family Plot
Title: Family Headstone – CAMERON Family Plot
Date of Record: 2017 (latest date of death)
Event Type: Unsure
Cemetery: Norwood Park Crematorium
Grave Reference: Yapunyah Creek, Garden 1, On Rock
Photographer: LaurenK (Find a Grave Contributor 51707814)
Image Source: Find a Grave Memorial ID 281859228 , 263470661 & 281859217
Format: Digital photograph (JPEG)

Repository: Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com)
URL:… 
Norwood Park Crematorium
Yapunyah Creek, Garden 1, On Rock 
Located    6 Jun 2026

Histories

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Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900 - Owen McGrath, his wife Ellen and their children John, Mark, Edward, Jeremiah (AKA Darby) and Owen.
Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900 - Owen McGrath, his wife Ellen and their children John, Mark, Edward, Jeremiah (AKA Darby) and Owen.
This is the beginning of the emigration process for Owen, Ellen, and their children John, Mark, Edward, Jeremiah (AKA Darby) and Owen. The family was sponsored by John Aldcorn to come to Australia and escape the Irish potato famine, as seen here in the New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900.

Owen's occupation was listed as farmer with their home being in Templecarn, Ireland. The family was given references for immigration from Revd. Neal Regan & Revd. James… 
  27 May 2026

Our Family In Print

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Court Appearance - Donald Vincent Cameron - 1938
Court Appearance - Donald Vincent Cameron - 1938
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW 1915 - 1954), Tue 10 May 1938, Page 2

Transcription:
"Result of Inexperience," Says Coroner
Raymond O'Brien's Death
"IT would be difficult to come to any definite reason for this accident except for the fact that the driver must have been rather inexperienced,' said the Narandera coroner, Mr. Dickinson, in returning a finding of accidental death yesterday in connection with the accident on the Leeton-Narandera Road on May 1st, when Raymond O'Brien… 
  8 Jun 2026
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron (AKA Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron (AKA Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. 1922 - 1954; 1956) Mon 30 Jun 1941, Page 27

Transcription:
Two In Car Crash In Canal
VVAGGA (N.S.W.). Sunday. — When a car failed to take a bridge last night it crashed into Yanco Canal. The car was driven by Reuben Cameron and he and his brother Thomas suffered severe lacerations and shock. Both men were treated at Leeton hospital. 
  8 Jun 2026
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron (AKA Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron (AKA Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW 1911 - 1954), Tue 1 Jul 1941, Page 2

Transcription:
Thomas Cameron, who was injured when a Baby Austin car, owned and driven by himself, crashed into a canal at the gates of the Yanco High School on Saturday night, was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon. His brother Reuben and another passenger were admitted to hospital on Saturday night. 
  8 Jun 2026
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW 1911 - 1954), Mon 30 Jun 1941, Page 2

Transcription:
CAR CRASHES INTO CANAL
Thomas Cameron, Reuben Cameron and a passenger - were admitted to the Leeton District Hospital on Saturday night as a result of an accident when a baby Austin car, owned and driven by Thomas Cameron, ran off the road and crashed into a canal at the gates of the Yanco High School. The car was being driven home towards Leeton and the driver stated that owing to the bad light, he… 
  8 Jun 2026
Court appearance - Allan Alexander Cameron (Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Court appearance - Allan Alexander Cameron (Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW 1911 - 1954), Thu 4 Sept 1941, Page 4

Transcription:
Negligent Driving Charge
SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT
LEETON, Wednesday.

A sequel to an accident at the gates of the Yanco Agricultural High school on the night of June 29, was the appearance before Mr. C. Denton, P.M., at the Leeton Police Court today of Thomas Cameron, charged with negligent driving. Defendant was represented by Mr. Dalton (Messrs. Cater and Dalton).
Constable Ritchie stated that after… 
  8 Jun 2026
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron (AKA Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
Newspaper mention - Allan Alexander Cameron (AKA Tom) & Reuben Cameron - 1941
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator Tue, Jul 01, 1941, Page 2

Transcription:
Hospital Cases After Baby Car's Dive

LEAP INTO CANAL WHEN LIGHTS FAILED

CHARGING up the bank of a canal a short distance from the gates of the McCaughey Memorial High School on Sunday evening, a 'baby' car tookoff, and landed with a splash in a considerable quantity of water which still remains in the channel after the watering season. In addition to a soaking the three occupants received injuries which placed them in… 
  8 Jun 2026
Newspaper mention - Reuben Cameron - 1922
Newspaper mention - Reuben Cameron - 1922
Referee (Sydney, NSW 1886 - 1939), Wed 19 Apr 1922, Page 4

Transcription:
Tipsters Fall In The Referee Competition

Not One in 42,767 Succeed in Placing Cup Horses

Not one of the 42,767 entrants in the Referee and Arrow Sydney Cup Tipping Competition succeeded in putting the place-getters, Prince Charles, Kashmir, and Stare, in their correct order. Only one man had the three horses on his coupon, giving Prince Charles as the winner. That was Reuben Cameron, care of C. Cameron, Leeton… 
  8 Jun 2026
Probate Notice - Charles Cameron - 1934
Probate Notice - Charles Cameron - 1934
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), Tue 3 Jul 1934, Page 5

Transcription:
IN THE SUPREME COURT of New South Wales PROBATE JURISDICTION IN THE WILL of
CHARLES CAMERON late of Leeton on the- State of New South Wales. Retired Blacksmith deceased. APPLICATION will be made after fourteen days from the publication here of that Probate of the last Will of the above named deceased may be granted to ALLAN ALEXANDER CAMERON, REUBEN CAMERON, and DUNCAN CHARLES CAMERON the… 
  8 Jun 2026
Probate Notice - Allan Alexander Cameron - 1966
Probate Notice - Allan Alexander Cameron - 1966
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), Fri 28 Jan 1966 [Issue No.11], Page 455

Transcription:
IN the Supreme Court of New South Wales.—Probate Jurisdiction.—Re will of ALLAN ALEXANDER CAMERON, late of Leeton, in the State of New South Wales, cleaner, deceased.
—Probate granted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on 23rd September, 1965.—No. 599013.—Pursuant to the Wills, Probate and Administration Act,… 
  8 Jun 2026
Newspaper mention - Joyce Cameron - 1940
Newspaper mention - Joyce Cameron - 1940
The Australian Women's Weekly Sat, Sep 14, 1940 Page 35

A photo of what appears to be Joyce having tea with a Mrs. Bruce Cameron while on a visit to Melbourne in 1940. 
  7 Jun 2026

Individuals

 ID   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Born/Christened   Location   Last Modified 
P94 
John McGrath 
b. Abt 1853 or 1854, maybe 1851  Tievmore, Donegal, Ireland  9 Jun 2026
I3 
James McGrath 
b. 7 Jan 1879  North Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia  9 Jun 2026
P100 
Donald Vincent Cameron 
b. 16 Nov 1920  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  8 Jun 2026
P133 
Allan Alexander Cameron 
b. 1897  Germanton, New South Wales, Australia  8 Jun 2026
P49 
Reuben (William) Cameron 
b. 18 Dec 1887  Lake Rowan, Shire of Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia  8 Jun 2026
I286 
Mildred Fanny Hayden 
   7 Jun 2026
I289 
Yvonne Knight 
   7 Jun 2026
I288 
Thomas Henry Cameron 
b. 12 Sep 1931   7 Jun 2026
P134 
Donald Cameron 
b. April or March 1892  Lake Rowan, Victoria, Australia  6 Jun 2026
I287 
David Edward Harvey 
   6 Jun 2026

Families
 ID   Father ID   Father's Name   Mother ID   Mother's Name   Married   Last Modified 
 F151 
 P133  Allan Alexander Cameron  I286  Mildred Fanny Hayden  1 Jun 1925  7 Jun 2026
 F153 
 P133  Allan Alexander Cameron  I289  Yvonne Knight    7 Jun 2026
 F152 
 I287  David Edward Harvey  I286  Mildred Fanny Hayden  1942  6 Jun 2026
 F27 
 P102  Charles Cameron  P101  Ann Mary Downes    6 Jun 2026
 F30 
 P136  Clarence Sturgess Taylor  P98  Dorothy Margaret Cameron  2 Oct 1937  6 Jun 2026
 F60 
 I9  Owen McGrath  I10  Ellen Weldon/Veldon (U)  1848  5 Jun 2026
 F61 
 I12  Mark McGrath  I13  Louisa Jean Macnamara (U)    22 May 2026
 F147 
 I57  Patrick James McGrath (U)        22 May 2026
 F145 
 I17  Jeremiah McGrath  I270  Maria Ada Skeats  17 Aug 1885  17 May 2026
 F146 
 I273  William Belford  I272  Margaret Agnes McGrath  4 Feb 1925  17 May 2026



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